Recently, on the morning of March 29, the official vehicle carrying Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoa Binh was traveling on the Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highway when a tire burst, causing 3 injuries, including Mr. Le Hoa. Binh did not survive.
Although a tire burst is a rare event, it is very dangerous if encountered. There have been a number of similar incidents on the highway before, when looking back, I still shudder.
Vans blow on the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway
According to the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway management unit, at 10:30 a.m. on January 4, a truck carrying fish that was moving suddenly blew out a tire, overturning, blocking lanes 1 and 2 on the highway. . The fish was scattered in lane 3, obstructing traffic from Hanoi to Hai Phong.
Fortunately, there were no injuries, the fish truck broke its windshield, damaged its front end, and blew a tire. It is estimated that the number of fish on the vehicle is about 2.5 tons of all kinds.
The truck carrying fish blew its tire and flipped over on the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway. Source: Hanoi – Hai Phong Expressway Information
Previously, the surveillance camera on the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway used to record the accident clip blow pig truck.
The truck blew its tires upside down twice on the Hanoi-Hai Phong highway, the driver miraculously escaped. Source: Hanoi-Hai Phong Expressway Management Board
In the clip, the truck carrying pigs is running at high speed in the upper right lane freeway Suddenly, the wheel started to smoke. The tire exploded causing the driver to lose control, the car swerved to the middle of the road, flipped sideways and flipped 2 times in the middle freeway.
After the wheelchair rolled a few times, the driver luckily got out of the car, rushed to stand close to the edge of the divider. Many pigs on the trunk of the truck were crushed to death, some were still alive and ran out into the street.
At this time, there are not many vehicles on the road, other cars keep a safe distance, so there is no collision.
“Jumping the flute” in the middle of the road
Traveling at high speed on the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway, the truck suddenly blew a tire, “hammed” and then lay on the road.
The truck wobbled before it overturned due to a blown tire. Source: The messenger
The accident happened around the beginning of 2019. The truck was running at high speed, suddenly, the tire burst, the driver lost control, causing the car to move zigzag back and forth on the highways. Vehicles detected in time, so the traffic collision did not happen.
As for the truck, after “jumping the flute” on the road, “barely exposed”. The scene recorded that the vehicle had two auxiliary tires blown, the driver’s cabin was dented, the driver’s headlight was broken. The highway surface is slightly scratched. Fortunately, no one was injured in the accident, with the truck driver only slightly injured.
The truck blew a tire, flipped in the middle of the road, blocked the car behind
In mid-July 2018, a 51C marine truck was traveling on the Saigon – Trung Luong highway when suddenly a tire burst.
The truck overturned on Trung Luong Expressway due to a tire burst. Source: Facebook
The video was recorded by the dash cam behind the car. The truck was traveling in the middle lane at a moderate speed, but suddenly the tire burst, causing the road surface to smoke. The truck then veered into the right lane, hit the guardrail and overturned.
When the truck was about to overturn, there was a car following closely behind. Fortunately, the car behind went in the left lane, with a speed of less than 70km/h, so it promptly avoided a collision.
Heart-stopping scene of Lexus losing control on 120km/h lane
The Lexus lost control, wobbling in the middle of the highway. Source: FB
Running in the 120km/h lane, the Lexus car suddenly blew a tire, staggered, and moved into the next lane, making many cars behind.
The incident happened at about 13:15 on February 4, 2020 on the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway. The Lexus was traveling at high speed when suddenly the front tire burst on the passenger side, causing the car to wobble, lose control, and cut through the head of another vehicle in the middle lane, then rushed into the inner lane.
At that time, fortunately the car in the middle lane did not go too fast, otherwise it was very easy to have a collision. Fortunately, the incident did not cause unfortunate consequences.
The driver told the story of narrowly escaping death
In a large car forum on Facebook, drivers tell stories of facing death because of a tire explosion while traveling on the highway.
Nguyen Dinh Hai’s account tells about an incident that happened in 2018. “When I was traveling on the Hanoi – Ninh Binh highway, suddenly the car tire burst under the driver’s side. My heart jumped, I don’t know what to do. when the car is running at 100km/h. When the tire burst, the car rolled to the sides, the steering wheel was difficult to control, so I tried to hold the steering wheel to the opposite direction to balance the car. I did not dare to brake immediately because it was easy to overturn and collided with the car behind, so I only applied the brake pedal gently, then pulled over to the side of the road. Luckily escaped from the accident.”
Pham Minh Phong also encountered this situation. On the morning of the 6th of the Lunar New Year in 2022, Mr. Phong was walking at high speed when he heard a “pop”. “I immediately felt the tire burst, my eyes fluttered like peanuts to kick the mirror, turn signal, check the brake and fortunately flick the curb.”
Pham Minh Phong’s car blew a tire on the highway.
The story and handling of Mr. Hai and Mr. Phong received much agreement from the car owners. Many people also recounted their bloody experiences when encountering similar situations.
“My car also had a blown front tire on the front side at 120km / h. The tire blew, the car always went to the middle of the highway. At that time, I also held the steering wheel, my foot on the brake. Absolutely do not step on the brake urgently because it is easy. Turning the car over. Fortunately, the car runs in the afternoon, so there are few vehicles on the road, but it is very dangerous to rush to the middle lane,” commented Minh Nhat, another driver.
“In 2017, I was passing a container truck on the highway when the rear wheel on the back side exploded. At that time, I still had to hold the overpass until I stopped to pull over. As a result, the whole rear fender exploded,” Mr. Khoa said. , a driver also shared his story.
Instructions to prevent the car from blowing out tires
Car tire blown while moving is always a worry of any driver. Because a tire blowout not only causes damage to the vehicle, but it can also cause tragic accidents.
According to the Traffic Police Department (Traffic Police), tire bursts often happen suddenly, making the driver confused, especially when running at high speed, leading to the possibility of losing control.
There are many causes of tire explosion listed, such as: tires are over-inflated, or under-inflated, uneven tread wear, overloaded vehicles running at high speed, tires past their expiration date, or using it not in accordance with the allowed specifications, upgrading old tires…
The shelf life with tires recommended by the manufacturer is not more than 5 years from the date of manufacture. Tires are new, but 5 years of storage will also age, even if there are no problems on the outside. When the expiration date has passed, it means that the tire has lost all its inherent features, if you try to use it, it can be dangerous.
The tire of driver Bui Hung exploded on the Hanoi – Hai Phong highway, on March 26.
To prevent this, the Traffic Police Department instructs drivers to take the time to check their tires regularly, paying attention to signs that reflect potentially dangerous tires such as over-worn tires, over-inflated tires, and tire pressure. between the uneven wheels… to have a suitable replacement measure, thus both minimizing breakdowns and helping you to be safer when operating the vehicle.
When traveling in hot weather, do not inflate the tires too much. High temperature, the tire friction with the road surface, the pressure in the tire increases, leading to a tire explosion. If the visual inspection shows that the tire is too inflated, find a way to reduce the tire pressure by deflate the under-inflated tire.
How to handle a tire blown on the highway?
The representative of the Traffic Police Department said that the tire explosion happened suddenly, according to the natural reflex, the driver will immediately step on the brake to control the speed and direction of the vehicle, but this is even more difficult. make the situation more dangerous because the emergency brake when the tire is blown will make the car lose balance and make it more difficult to control. If you slam on the brake in a panic, your vehicle may veer to one side and then roll over and roll several times.
“The first thing you need to do is stay calm, ignore the instinct that makes you slam on the brakes or jerk the steering wheel. Then slowly accelerate to keep control of the car. Keep the car straight. Hold the steering wheel firmly with your hands. both hands and at 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock to avoid losing control. Next, slow down slowly and let the car follow inertia.
At this point, the vehicle speed can be controlled, gently apply the brake to prepare for stopping. Finally, turn on the right turn signal to stop the car on the side of the road and find rescue measures. At this point, you can breathe a sigh of relief that you are safe”, the representative of the Department advised.
In addition, drivers need to pay attention not to leave the accelerator pedal suddenly. Because then the car will transfer weight from the rear wheel to the front wheel and lead to loss of control.
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