DICKtator: Jump outta the moving car and roll on the floor!!!

me2me: I personally experienced back right tyre blow out on speed of about 130/140 km some donkey years ago and was able to bring the car to a halt without complications (Thank God). In the event that a front tyre suddenly blows out on top speed (God forbid), what is the best way to handle the situation?

hardbody: The back tyre of my SUV exploded on the last stretch to Agbor from Onitsha, i honestly do not remember how i managed to pull the vehicle over to the extreme right lane (it is a dual carriageway anyways) but one thing is sure, it is so easy to say, do not go near the brakes in the event of a blow out, but sincerely speaking, i do not recall whether i immediately remembered not to match on the brakes or not, i however recall holding firmly onto the steering and after a bitter struggle, manouvered off the road. The most interesting thing to me was that not even vehicles behind me cared to stop, they saw the accident, and simply drove on.

I have since learnt that you are always on your own in matters of life and death. I could not change the spare, so i paid some guys painting the road demarcation to bike into Agbor town, get a vulcanizer who came and changed the spare and i drove on safely into Lagos. To God be the Glory.

In all, I pray it never happens either to me again or to my enemy. I often shudder to think of it happening while descending a hill, crossing all those bridges with no railings, etc

Na God hand we dey sha

DICKtator: Jump outta the moving car and roll on the floor!!!

DICKtator: Jump outta the moving car and roll on the floor!!!

knowledge4: It is madness for anyone to be driving above 80 kms per hour.
At this speed, you can safely bring the car to a halt whatever happens.
Speed kills! Where are you speeding to? To the grave!

Dis Guy:
why not place four 'best' tyres ALL the time

da student: Always switch off the engine first.Then you can do any other thing.Do not go near your breaks though.

adanny01:

Do an experiment for me. Go to Lokoja - Abuja road and drive at 80km/h. You will become an obstruction just like the trucks plying the road. You stand a risk of being hit from behind. You will be over taken from the left and right. You will be cursed at.

Better still find a road that has a history of terrorising armed robbery then run at 80km/h.

You could sleep while driving all day at 80km/h. It is boring at that speed so the tendancy to sleep is higher. Thats the reason why truckers are drug addicts and donot match their brakes for smaller cars coz they are jealous if you.

Dont forget to come back and tell us your story.

dejavume:
U MUST B A SADDIST!!!!!

9icetoo:
That is if he is alive to tell the story. LWKMD. I can just imagine what those trailers will do to his car. True story: A green mazda 626 was rammed from behind during my last trip to abuja. He was driving too slow. two trailers racing neck and neck to god knows where came up behind him. the road was only wide enough for two cars not to talk of trucks. the trailer on the slow lane horned for the guy but couldnt slow down quickly and rammed him from behind. the poor dude lost control and drove into the bush. you drive slowly on our expressways at your own peril

santakris: If you are driving automatic, just shift your gear to neutral (N). And don't panic. Hold on to your steering firmly till the car stop.

santakris: If you are driving automatic, just shift your gear to neutral (N). And don't panic. Hold on to your steering firmly till the car stop.

hardbody:

Do you shift to Neutral without matching on your brake? Just asking

moscobabs: na wa ooo....so any topic can make front page sa!!!

moscobabs: na wa ooo....so any topic can make front page sa!!!

moscobabs: na wa ooo....so any topic can make front page sa!!!

Onyenna:

A family I know had an accident last week....their car's front tyre blew and when the driver tried to control the car, it somersaulted several times ...their elder sister died from internal bleeding later in the night....

I have a question though......why do doctors hesitate to give that injection for internal bleeding to accident victims unless they're certain you have internal bleeding?...does the injection have adverse effect if you ain't really bleeding internally?... If I were a doctor, I would give that injection to any accident victim even before scan.....

9icetoo:
Switch off your engine?!!!!!!! Like seriously??!!!!!!!. You know ur steering will lock right? and u r gonna lose your brake and power assist from the engine? Abeg no try am again oo. Odikwa risky.