| Re: Seat-belt warning after baby on mother's lap is catapulted 150ft through car windscreen at 80mph. |
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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: MortimerMortimer Date: Jul 31, 2008 02:24
"nik.morgan" talktalk.net> wrote in message
news:0001HW.C4B740A700421A17F02845B0@free.teranews.com...> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:40:49 +0100, Abo wrote
> (in article news.albasani.net>):
>>> Mortimer wrote:
>>
>>> I wonder how the crash investigators know that the tyre had been
>>> underinflated just before it blew. I have a friend who survived a
>>> blowout
>>> on
>>> a motorway which resulted in the car (according to witnesses) turning
>>> end-over-end. By some miracle, all the occupants (who were properly
>>> strapped
>>> in) escaped with no more than a few bruises and a bloody nose
>>
>> How the fuck does this stuff happen? I survived an 80mph blowout of an
>> almost brand new tyre (fitted a couple of days before it happened)
>> because there was completely no drama whatsoever.
>
> Front tyre?
My girlfriend had a blow-out of a front tyre at 60 mph and said that the car
didn't swerve at all. Maybe the effect of a blow-out is affected by the
design of the suspension and steering mechanism - and the speed of your
reactions to apply counter-steer if the car does start to swerve.
Very different from my friend whose car somersaulted: maybe that happened
because she hit the central reservation or the verge next to the hard
shoulder after the car swerved.
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