> Have you ever been driving when a tire blew out at high speed? It's extremely dangerous not only for the driver but all the nearby cars. Have you? Your char

> Have you ever been driving when a tire blew out at high speed? It's extremely dangerous not only for the driver but all the nearby cars. Have you? Your characterization of the experience makes me think you have not. I have had two rear and one front blowout. Blowouts are just flat tires that have a loud intro before the typical "driving on flat tire" music. None of them were any more eventful than a normal flat tire. I'd take a blowout (or normal flat tire) over tread separation any day. The internet highly highly highly highly highly overrates the danger, likely because blowouts are so rare these days and unfamiliarity tends to result in fear which compounds the Internet's tendency to reward certain commenting patterns. Other than the noise potentially causing a driver to incorrectly make massive control inputs (which would be equally hazardous to do after suffering a normal flat) there is no more hazard from a blowout than from a normal flat. And I say this as someone who drives old junk with fat sidewalls. On something with small modern sidewalls all the danger is less still. Frankly, the one time I had a valve stem leak that caused a slow flat was much more unnerving as I initially wasn't sure if I was feeling things or if the vehicle was pulling to that side.