95 Jeep Cherokee Tire Blowout and flip. Amazingly calm.

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Posted: 5/28/2015 7:08:25 PM EDT

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:11:06 PM EDT

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Annnnnnnnddddddd we're flipped.

Wanna get a burger later?

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:17:43 PM EDT

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Just another day I guess.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:18:21 PM EDT

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Well, that was awesome...

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:18:36 PM EDT

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And not one single fuck was given

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:19:56 PM EDT

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I kept watching the vid waiting for the vehicle in front to flip.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:19:58 PM EDT

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Much calmer than I would have been

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:20:33 PM EDT

[#7]

not the worst thing in the world...and he is right. WOW. I love this mind control.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:21:42 PM EDT

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Jeep thing?

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:24:22 PM EDT

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I'm guessing that's not the 1st time he rolled a car

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:25:57 PM EDT

[#10]

Cherokees.

I know that sound all too well.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:29:33 PM EDT

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Most calm people I've ever seen after a crash were those that walked away from what normal people would call a catastrophic crash with no perceived injuries.

They start and are over before anyone can even process what happened, and all they care about is that they're ok. So it goes from OMFG!*U@(#U!()!!!! to "well ok".

The hectic ones are the ones where people have minor injuries, bounce around a lot, or were obviously hit by someone elses car.

Feeling someone else is at fault for the crash is a real rage inducer.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:29:49 PM EDT

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Meh.

My first thought was "Well, that's different."

Then: "Boy it's hard unbuckling when you're upside down".
Then: (just climbed out blown window) "That ain't gonna buff out."
Then: (see's phone on ground, still active, roots around, finds bluetooth earbud) "I'll be damned, the call's still up, hey xxxx, I'll let you go, buddy, I think I need to start making some calls."

Wonder if the infamous Cherokee "death wobble" played a part?

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:31:30 PM EDT

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Too early for flapjacks?

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:34:57 PM EDT

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Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:35:13 PM EDT

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At least they'll have easy to read directions on what to do next.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:37:02 PM EDT

[#16]

That was fun, let's do it again.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:38:30 PM EDT

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I wonder if they had one of those Jeep stickers...

http://www.amazon.com/Windshield-Decal-For-Jeep-SILVER/dp/B00LU1A0RQ

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:40:02 PM EDT

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Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

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Jeep thing?

Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

Was that the death wobble or whatever?

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:40:45 PM EDT

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I'd have needed a change of clothes.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:42:14 PM EDT

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I would say he had his belt on....

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:44:47 PM EDT

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No shit. They need a British accent of some sort to go along with their remarkably restrained and understated delivery.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:47:17 PM EDT

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Had a CJ-5 dirty side up. Wound up sliding sideways and the rear wheel hit something.
Have to push up to release the belt.

Had them put in a full cage after that

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:49:02 PM EDT

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Jeep thing?

Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

:20 mark.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:49:28 PM EDT

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I was driving my dad's 88' Bronco II doing 80 (I was 17) when the front passenger blew out. I rolled it across 4 lanes on a very busy freeway. I was unbelievably calm, and was thinking very logically: after vehicle stopped rolling, it was sliding on my (driver's side) across the freeway. I had my hands on the driver's side window and thought, "don't do that, if glass breaks, arms will be ripped right off." Then when we stopped, I told my friends to brace because we would be hit from behind. After about 2 seconds, I look in the rear view and see 4 lanes of vehicles at a dead halt. Well, the next thing I thought of was, "we got to get the hell out of here...we're laying on the gas tank's side."

Of course we could not get any doors or the trunk open so I hollered at one of the drivers of the stopped vehicles to get something to break out the windshield with, while warning him that this thing could go nuclear too. He came back with a tire iron and took to crushing the windshield while we held our shirts above our faces. Helped my 3 friends climb out, and got out myself. We all got scraped pretty good from climbing out of the broken windshield, but the Almighty was with us all that day.

Above all, I will never forget how cool, calm, and collected I was throughout the entire event.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:54:31 PM EDT

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When I was young and stupid I spun a Buick across a three lane freeway doing 70 in the snow. My brother was in the car. I calmly tried to regain control while my bro freaked the fuck out. We ended up sliding into a cement sidewall backwards. I restarted the car with him still panaking and drove off. I remember being surprised how calm I stayed.

No telling how you handle shit until it happens to you.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:56:16 PM EDT

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Well, he drove it as long as he could. Physics won in the end though.

Must be a pilot. The inflight emergency creed is "Fly the fucking airplane till you stop moving."

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:58:00 PM EDT

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He seemed like a seasoned veteran.

Posted: 5/28/2015 7:58:02 PM EDT

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Posted: 5/28/2015 8:02:20 PM EDT

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I drove right by that. HA. Wow, funny to know how that happened, glad everyone involved was okay.
Wow, thats just wierd though, took me a minute, but right color, right day, right car right road. I had to drive by that.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:02:40 PM EDT

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Guys who drive Jeeps fast know they are going over when a tire blows, must have been running Firestones.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:05:41 PM EDT

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Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

Was that the death wobble or whatever?

beat to it

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:08:19 PM EDT

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No, stupidly hitting the brakes thing.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:11:12 PM EDT

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Jeep thing?

Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

Was that the death wobble or whatever?

Nope. That was a tire shedding and blowing at 75 mph. The very moment he started getting shudder, he should have let off the gas, dropped a gear AND GOT OFF THE GOD DAMN PHONE.

If he would have had both hands on the wheel, he would NOT have destroyed that Cherokee.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:14:14 PM EDT

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Jeep thing?

Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

Was that the death wobble or whatever?

No. I heard the exact same noise in my car recently. Tread separation.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:14:40 PM EDT

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Nope. That was a tire shedding and blowing at 75 mph. The very moment he started getting shudder, he should have let off the gas, dropped a gear AND GOT OFF THE GOD DAMN PHONE.

If he would have had both hands on the wheel, he would NOT have destroyed that Cherokee.

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Jeep thing?

Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

Was that the death wobble or whatever?

Nope. That was a tire shedding and blowing at 75 mph. The very moment he started getting shudder, he should have let off the gas, dropped a gear AND GOT OFF THE GOD DAMN PHONE.

If he would have had both hands on the wheel, he would NOT have destroyed that Cherokee.

He might have had a bluetoof.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:19:04 PM EDT

[#36]

GM

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:20:34 PM EDT

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Probably retreads or under inflated tires.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:22:08 PM EDT

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He tried to steer/stop. Just take your foot off the gas and keep her straight till you stop.

Had similar failures. Never put one on the roof.

Props for their calmness.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:22:42 PM EDT

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Russians

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:24:24 PM EDT

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No, stupidly hitting the brakes thing.

Agree.

Also, lots of vehicles have the "wobble" with worn steering components. Had a 78 bronco with it. Worn tie rod ends.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:27:09 PM EDT

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That;s kind of how it was when I wrecked my first car.

I only started panicking when someone told me my mom was coming.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:43:19 PM EDT

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Jeep thing?

Yep, it's a jeep thing

Hell, most old cherokees will wonder off the road at that speed without a tire blowing

https://youtu.be/z8KyRiux1kw

:20 mark.

That is the death wobble, but not the cause of this wreck, it was caused by a blown tire and lack of knowing how to control a vehicle.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:54:56 PM EDT

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This winter in I spun my truck in the snow. Was going uphill going about 45. Truck started sliding left towards a drop off, I steered right and the truck did a 180 uphill. Planted it right in a ditch sideways. Not a single scratch or or anything; other than the boulder I hit when I opened the drivers side door

. I was calm, no one was hurt and the truck was fine. Then the neighbor drove by and picked me up. When he asked me what happened my voice cracked. Right then, in the cab of his truck was the first time I shed a tear in about 5 years. Just a single tear. I've had people try to stab me, been chased by people that would have mangled me if they could catch me, been in much worse car wrecks than that. Never cried. Not trying to say I'm a hardass I just don't cry. For some reason I did then. got some jumper cables and a chain. Didn't even need the chain, I drove the truck out. Now the neighbor probably thinks I'm a bitch

I guess you're feelings can just get to you sometimes.

Posted: 5/28/2015 8:57:28 PM EDT

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Did the blowout make him pull over to the side or was he trying to pull over to the side?

I know this is monday morning QB, but it looked like if he'd just bled off most of his speed first, he wouldn't have flipped the car when he tried to pull over.

Posted: 5/28/2015 9:30:44 PM EDT

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He tried to steer/stop. Just take your foot off the gas and keep her straight till you stop.

Had similar failures. Never put one on the roof.

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Yep, just have to ease up on things and ride it out.
A LOT of fun on 2 wheels.

Posted: 5/28/2015 9:36:37 PM EDT

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Did the blowout make him pull over to the side or was he trying to pull over to the side?

I know this is monday morning QB, but it looked like if he'd just bled off most of his speed first, he wouldn't have flipped the car when he tried to pull over.

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Was it a front tire that blew?

Posted: 5/28/2015 9:40:45 PM EDT

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Did the blowout make him pull over to the side or was he trying to pull over to the side?

I know this is monday morning QB, but it looked like if he'd just bled off most of his speed first, he wouldn't have flipped the car when he tried to pull over.

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A tread delamination will turn your tire into a balloon. The instant stagger will apply steering input for you. You either countersteer or go where the tire sent you.