My family and I were recently in an accident. While driving a 2005 Ford expedition on the Florida turnpike we were going about 70 In the left hand lane when the rear drivers side tire blew. It was pretty quick. I've heard the noise before. My wife was driving and we both heard it blow and she immediately took her foot off the gas and tried to hold the wheel straight. For a few seconds I was thinking we were fine. We were slowing but they the back end started yawing to the right and we were pretty much perpendicular to the road when we slammed into the guard rail at a pretty high speed. There were only seconds to react. Maybe 15 seconds max. Witnesses say we spun around about four times and we were lucky we didn't flip. My wife and my two children and I were all unharmed except for some whiplash and shock thankfully.
I have a few questions about it. I'm of course wondering if we did everything correctly. We did what I've been taught. It's my worst fear come true so it's a situation we talked about quite a bit. I'm a former News Videographer and I've had the same blow out in a live truck and was able to recover and stop. I can't help but ask myself if I was driving would I have been able to hold the wheel more straight when the back end started to sway? Or are there cases that at that speed it is not possible to control? I also wonder if it's my fault because only a month before I had just put new tires on it. New to us anyway. I bought used tires. But they were really good looking to me. It's a place that has tons and they walked me around and let me pick the best ones. They had a ton of tread on them. They were so much better than the ones that used to be on it. Again it was my worst fear. That's why I bought them. We travel the turn pike 5 times a year to go to Disney and we were actually just south of Orlando on our way home from there when it happened. Thankfully were hear and with the insurance we were able to get into a 2010 Expedition with very new tires. I just want to make sure it never happens again. Aside from just never buying used tires again I want to know if there could have been a way to have that not happen or is it sometime unavoidable?
I have a few questions about it. I'm of course wondering if we did everything correctly. We did what I've been taught. It's my worst fear come true so it's a situation we talked about quite a bit. I'm a former News Videographer and I've had the same blow out in a live truck and was able to recover and stop. I can't help but ask myself if I was driving would I have been able to hold the wheel more straight when the back end started to sway? Or are there cases that at that speed it is not possible to control? I also wonder if it's my fault because only a month before I had just put new tires on it. New to us anyway. I bought used tires. But they were really good looking to me. It's a place that has tons and they walked me around and let me pick the best ones. They had a ton of tread on them. They were so much better than the ones that used to be on it. Again it was my worst fear. That's why I bought them. We travel the turn pike 5 times a year to go to Disney and we were actually just south of Orlando on our way home from there when it happened. Thankfully were hear and with the insurance we were able to get into a 2010 Expedition with very new tires. I just want to make sure it never happens again. Aside from just never buying used tires again I want to know if there could have been a way to have that not happen or is it sometime unavoidable?