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Originally Posted by Metalman
That is a good point. The video showed manufactured blowouts in ideal situations. Add oncoming traffic, narrow pavement, rough roads, curves, hills, etc., then it can become a very serious situation very quickly.
For those of us who drove for many years in snowy climates, there is less tendency to brake hard during a blowout. There is nothing worse than forcefully applying the brakes on ice and packed snow.
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I've seen a lot of pictures of Ford extended vans (like mine) that rolled over after a rear blowout. It was a big safety issue with 15-passenger vans when fully loaded because center of gravity is fairly high compared to track width. That plus a large percentage of mass is over rear axle. Fortunately mine is evenly distributed between front and back so it should be safer and easier to control.
A SRW rear blowout on a curve (particularly the tire on outside of curve) can lead to excessive over steering which is much harder to control. Front blowouts are reportedly much easier by comparison. If we recall, a lot of the Ford Explorer rollovers after blowouts were caused by rear tire failures.
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