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"Is it true?"

Is it true that if a tyre on your car bursts/pops/goes bang etc.. and you hit the brakes, then it'll go flying into the air?

Well, maybe not 'flying in the air', but flip over.

I've got a program which helps you with driving lessons, theory test and the rest, and I'm sure I remember seeing a question about it and telling you to brake gently and pull over to the side of the road.

Been getting a lot of scary stories from people, seriously putting me off driving.

"NO!! NO NO! NEVER hit the brakes hard if your tyre bursts or your car will flip over!! NOOO!"

:S

shock shock horror horror

You was SMOKING??!?!?!?!?!?!!11

Absolu† Neó wrote:
> 6 hrs? did you not have a spare tyre or breakdown cover?
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This was before mobile phones were prevelant.
Waited for a long time to be towed to a service exit on the M11, sat and waited for the ATS people.
And waited.
And waited.
Turned out the breakdown truck neglected to call the AA.
6hrs of sitting inside a rain-lashed car, smoking and sleeping.

On a very tenuously related topic, I was walking along one day and a car drove past me. Not that unusual, you might say, but I noticed the hub cap was spinning wildly, getting looser and looser. Eventually it came off, bounced along on the road for a while next to the car, then bounced straight back at the car, hitting it then rolling away. The car stopped, nobody got out, it waited a minute then went off again. I thought about going over and saying something, but by that time it was quite far away and frankly I couldn't be bothered.

Goatboy wrote:
> I just did doughnuts until I came to rest on the hard shoulder, looking the other way and wondering how long I was going to sat there (6hrs).

6 hrs? did you not have a spare tyre or breakdown cover?

I've burst 2 tyres. There was, in both cases, a distinct lack of somersaults.
Once was even doing 70mph in the middle lane of the M25. I just did doughnuts until I came to rest on the hard shoulder, looking the other way and wondering how long I was going to sat there (6hrs).

Goatboy wrote:
> Only if an Agent jumps onto the bonnet before leaping after The
> Exile.
>
> Jesus...and you might be driving soon?

That's what watching too many movies does to people! That's pretty much the same image I had in mind when thinking of a burst tyre.. The lorry crash wasn't too nice either..!

Thanks for the info too. Very helpful to know.

I concur.

Yeah, you want to be more cautious about the mong kids in their novas, corsas/ka's etc that think they can drive great and race around at high speeds without any thought for anyone else.
High chance that one of them will kill you before a tyre blows and throws the car around.

It's not like "burst tyre's" happens very often though.