The Signs for a Tire Burst

A tire burst, especially at high speed, has become one of the major causes of serious traffic accidents. Due to the strong randomness and contingency of the tire burst, the driver is always at a serious loss when facing to the tire burst situation. No matter how many times a handful of people said the survival driving skills after the tire burst, but once the tire burst occurs, it is far from the theory. The answer to the question that whether there is any sign of a flat tire is positive. The following contents will make you foresee the tire burst before damage happens.

Heading To One Side

The first sign will be that the car is heading to one side. Because most of the time you are driving at high speed, the tire will not burst suddenly, but the tire may leak firstly, and then the tire sidewall will be fold. Thus if the head of the car starts to prick to one side during driving, it indicates that the car tire may burst at any time. It is important to let yourself have enough time to have the knowledge of current situation.

The Smoke

The second symptom is that the smoke that appears near to the tire zone. In fact, there is no difference between a flat tire of a car and a flat tire of an aircraft landing gear. Many cars emit thick smoke before and after the flat tire. But there is also such a situation before the tire burst. If the tire suddenly touches or even rubs something, it will produce smoke. Once the smoke is produced, it means that the tire wall is seriously damaged, and the tire burst may occur.

Shaking Tire and Chassis 

The third omen is when the tire and chassis is shaking. Because the tier pressure inside the tire will change dramatically before the tire blow out. As long as you are lucky, the tire will not explode suddenly. But considering that exploded tire makes tire pressure inside a tire unstable. Therefore, if you find the shaking of steering wheel, chassis or tire suspension when driving at high speed, you should immediately release the accelerator and brake, and stop the car as soon as possible and take reasonable time to diagnose the condition of your car before serious problems caused by tire burst could happen.

In order to monitor the tire pressure timely and prevent the car tires from bursting, every car should be installed a TPMS.