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Originally Posted by SuperD

Go to you tube and search motor home crashes, watch the video of the MH having a blow-out and swerving in to the median, might change your mind. Changed my mind immediately!!!

Playing Devil's Advocate:

Do you know for a fact that that motorhome didn't have a steering stabilizer already?

Even if it didn't, do we know that a stabilizer would have prevented "that" crash?

Do we even know that steering stabilizers aren't more likely to cause crashes due to blowouts?


I've seen the demo video of the staged blowout to suggest these things prevent loss of control, but it proves nothing of real value. Motorhomes have blowouts all the time without losing control, so one more proves nothing.

Besides, not all blowouts are the same. Not even close. Forces exerted on the steering vary drastically depending on where the tire ruptures and let's go.

It's easy to make marketing claims but proving something is a lot tougher. It requires a lot of data and analysis of "many" crashes with and without stabilizers.