WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A TYRE BLOWOUT

In the event of the unfortunate death of Nigeria's minister of state for labour due to an accident occasioned by a tyre blowout and the fact that in Nigeria now-a-days, we have many untrained drivers, it has become pertinent for me to write this.

There are 6 simple steps to take within a maximum of 2 minutes and you will be safe, these by the grace of God I have been familiar with for decades. They are as follow:

(1) DON'T PANIC in the event of a blowout, calm yourself down fast because your car will start misbehaving and you need to take charge.

(2) Hold FIRMLY to your steering wheel with both hand, NO VIGOROUS TURNING, as you concentrate on the road and your mirrors, in seconds study the movement pattern of the car. Your car will naturally swerve to the direction of the burst tyre.

(3) Gradually take off your foot from the accelerator, DON'T EVER ATTEMPT TO PRESS THE BRAKES, IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE A 95% CHANCE OF A SOMERSAULT. The car will decelerate gradually while you concentrate on the road to avoid collision with any other road user.

(4) Disengage the gears of the car by shifting to neutral (N) as you still maintain a firm grip on the sheering wheel and put your eyes on the road.

(5) After a while depending on your initial speed, your car comes to a speed less than 60km/h when it is now safe to GRADUALLY apply the brakes and navigate to the side walk

(6) Ultimately, it is now safe to put the car to a complete stop and turn off the engine. You have just saved yourself and passengers from untimely death.

NOTE:
Of course, everyone in the car will be in a panic mode BUT this is NOT THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THEM, it is TIME TO CONCENTRATE.

Please, don't just read share on your page and copy to other platforms, you may just be about to save a life.
I pray thàt God will continue to keep us safe as we use the roads, amen.

What about automatic transmission where you have the brake and clutch on the same pedal? How do you push to neutral??

Are you really sure about number 4? Why shift to neutral? Don't you think it would be better to downshift gradually to the lowest gear so that you utilise engine braking. Just a thought

Ramon92:
What about automatic transmission where you have the brake and clutch on the same pedal? How do you push to neutral??

Just shift the gear selector to the N position WITHOUT touching the brake pedal.

The selector in virtually all automatic vehicles as a safety standard allows you to at least shift to 'N' from 'D' without necessarily depressing the brake pedal.

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Stylz69:
Are you really sure about number 4? Why shift to neutral? Don't you think it would be better to downshift gradually to the lowest gear so that you utilise engine braking. Just a thought

Neutral is safer because utilizing engine braking is subject to the current speed at which the vehicle is moving or a somersault would still occur.
Shifting to Neutral can be safely generalized.

op shld acknowledge d source

dont shift to neutral rather downshift to the lowest gear

removal of foot from accelerator shld be immediately n resist any temptation to switch off ur engine

if u r going down a hill then reconcile with ur creator immediately bc u r meeting him dt day

divinelove:
op shld acknowledge d source

dont shift to neutral rather downshift to the lowest gear

removal of foot from accelerator shld be immediately n resist any temptation to switch off ur engine

if u r going down a hill then reconcile with ur creator immediately bc u r meeting him dt day

why should I not turn off the engine? Please elaborate on that

0rex:

Neutral is safer because utilizing engine braking is subject to the current speed at which the vehicle is moving or a somersault would still occur.
Shifting to Neutral can be safely generalized.

Seconded!

dfos2k:
why should I not turn off the engine? Please elaborate on that

You must not switch off the engine because all the electricals will cease to function, e.g. the braking system, abs, traction control and power steering (could lock) will stop working and this would be your undoing!

dfos2k:
why should I not turn off the engine? Please elaborate on that

BC u will lose power steering n d steering will lock, making u unable to control d car