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Although we may never know details of why the tire blew out and what he did to maintain control after. DO NOT floor the brakes. Steer and slow to by taking foot off the gas. DO NOT put the brakes on unless you 100% need to. And when you do realize you no longer will be able to control the vehicle. If you just get foot off the gas and DO NOT put brakes on you can steer and correct steer to over come the blown tire. Easy said to do, not so much if not trained or ingrained DO NOT stand on the brakes if a tire blows. That goes with most panic problems think, 1st maintain steering. 2nd slow down by getting off gas peddle or turn off CC. Lastly use brakes. I have had many blow outs in high speed or normal highway speed and no wrecks. Something troopers deal with from driving on shoulders and thru debris, we pick up all types of tire popping stuff. Even in my truck with a top heavy camper at 65mph, I blew the left rear tire. If I put brakes on that time I would have flipped. I coasted to the shoulder, the rim was not even ruined parlty because I let it roll and not slide on the road.
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2013 24RKSWE (27ft TT) Cougar 1/2 ton series SOLD 10-2021
2013 Ford F350 4x4 CC 6.7 engine, 8 ft bed, 3.55 rear end, lariat package
Retired from Oregon State Police in 2011 than worked another 9.5 years as a small town traffic cop:
As of 05-2020, I am all done with 39 years total police work. No more uniforms for me.
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