There is nothing scarier to me than driving on the freeway
next to a big 16 wheeler rig. It could
even be a 14 wheeler and I still would be nervous. I would always ask my
husband to speed up and pass the truck.
I didn't want him to slow down as that could possibly put us in harm’s
way. My husband laughed at me and
thought that I was paranoid until I explained that my fear came from seeing all
the tire pieces that lined the shoulder of the freeways. Those pieces just didn't appear out of
nowhere. The pieces of tire had to have
gotten there by the tires exploding while driving on the freeway. The tires ranged anywhere from small tires to
great big tires. How would you like to
be driving along with the family and hear a big “kaboom” and then experience something
slamming into our vehicle I asked my husband.
It took a few minutes for that scenario to register in his mind. “Oh that could be a bad thing” he said. Ya think!
Just knowing that this could
happen at any time always made me nervous when driving next to a “Big Rig”.
I have
seen tires blow out of normal vehicles also.
This is just as frightening if the debris from the blow tire comes flying
towards our car. Not only were there
signs along the shoulder of the freeway but many times there were the pieces of
tires still lying on the lanes of the freeway.
For those times I was really grateful that we had left a little later
and missed being beside a vehicle when the tire blew. It was then I asked my husband “what were the
chances that we could be just a car that would experience a “blown “tire? We are driving an older car and I guess we don’t
have all the new things they are putting on for safety now and my husband
proceeded to tell me how we were still able to get some great safety equipment put
on our vehicle.
One of the major things he put on was a tire pressure monitoring systems on the cars so we could tell exactly what the tire pressures were. Too low a tire pressure can cause the tires to be unsafe to travel on. They are sometimes the thing that will cause a tire to blow. So with him explaining that I am feeling better about the road trips we take and with the knowledge that we may never be the cause of an accident or debris on the side of the road. Also if a cars tires are not inflated to the vehicles manufacture’s specification it can cause the engine to work harder causing unnecessary consumption of fuel. We all know how much fuel costs and keeping that down is a great advantage.
One of the major things he put on was a tire pressure monitoring systems on the cars so we could tell exactly what the tire pressures were. Too low a tire pressure can cause the tires to be unsafe to travel on. They are sometimes the thing that will cause a tire to blow. So with him explaining that I am feeling better about the road trips we take and with the knowledge that we may never be the cause of an accident or debris on the side of the road. Also if a cars tires are not inflated to the vehicles manufacture’s specification it can cause the engine to work harder causing unnecessary consumption of fuel. We all know how much fuel costs and keeping that down is a great advantage.
Tires are such an important part of our cars. Driving on good tires not only means safety
for us but for others on the road. Under inflated tires are road hazards. I you drive an older vehicle and what to know
exactly what pressure on each tire is then you should definitely check this
system out at http://www.tirepressuremonitor.com/
