Experienced a "first" while driving yesterday...

I've always wondered about this, as I see large pieces of tires often on road trips. Never a whole tire, just shreds. I think that would be really scary to be behind a truck when that happens. Good thing there wasn't much traffic, I think that could have ended much worse. That's one experience I could live without!

I haven't been behind it when it happened, but I did have a tire on my truck do that when I was driving on the interstate. My back tire exploded and the tread completely separated from the tire while I was going about 70. I imagine the people behind me had a similar experience to what you went through.

I was so incredibly lucky that I was able to keep control of my truck and pull over safely. It could have gone either way...and I was so thankful that I hadn't caused someone else to wreck their car. 

You much have been terrified. How long did it take you before you stopped shaking??

That happened to us traveling through Nashville. An ambulance-paramedic vehicle had a blow out right in front of us. All 4 of us in the car felt like our lives had flashed before us in one second.

same here, but I was going a little faster and it was in a ford explorer- shortly after the whole "explorer's roll very easily" story hit the news and you would see safety test footage of explorers overcorrecting and rolling. I was so terrified I was going to roll, but I managed to get it to the side of the road without overcorrecting or causing anyone else harm. when the tread separated, it took off all the chrome trim around the wheel and fender and left some nice dents.

I have not been behind an 18 wheeler, just an SUV who's tire blew. There were pieces that flew off, and the SUV swerved some, but it was probably scarier for them than it was for me.


I do have a huge fear of being close to an 18 wheeler for that reason, among others, especially on a 2 lane interstate.

Glad you are okay!

That would shake me up! Glad you are safe.

Glad you are okay. I've been beside a semi when a tire blew...whew that was scary and LOUD!

I've been having anxiety while driving lately. This story didn't help. I'm glad you're OK!!

Sunday my sister was driving their motor coach (the size of an 18 wheeler) and had a blowout. Luckily, they had no injuries.
The vehicle went across both lanes of traffic and ended up in the median. She said it was the scariest event of her driving time.

I was thinking about this very thing recently when we took a road trip out of state for a wedding but haven't actually experienced it myself. There were tons of remnants of blown tires all along the side of the road both going and coming back. That had to be really scary! I'm so glad you're okay!

I have not experienced that either, but when I see bits of tire along the road I think about what it would be like and it scares me!
Glad you're okay.

I experienced a tire rod end with tire attached bouncing on the highway willy nilly narrowly missing my car...

Glad you are okay.

Scary! So glad you're OK.

We didn't have that happen, but last summer, we were driving on I-5 in northern California and I happened to glance over and see that a rear wheel on a trailer loaded with ATVs was bent at the axle and looked like it was about to break off. It was about two car lengths in front of us and two lanes to our right. Before there was a chance to do anything (though not sure what that anything would have been), the whole wheel - not just the tire - snapped off and started bouncing across the freeway. FORTUNATELY, it was a low-traffic time of day and incredibly it bounced/rolled across the three lanes of traffic on our side, across the median, and across all lanes of traffic on the opposite side without hitting any car or causing any accident. It was terrifying to watch. We had to slam on our brakes to avoid it, but there was no one behind us, so we lucked out. Of course, the axle where the wheel had been was dragging on the pavement and throwing up a huge fountain of sparks until the truck could pull over. It was scary all around, but everything turned out OK.