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Originally Posted by harveyrv
Dave,
What you don't know (I assume) is how long the tire was below 25PSI or how far you drove (below 25PSI) before the tire blew.......
If you would have had some warning that the tire was low. there is a pretty good chance that a blow out may have been avoided........assuming that it was not an instantaneous, catastrophic failure.......which would be rare, IMHO....
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That is exactly the reason that I run a TPMS. If the tire blows out from 50 lbs., then you don't have a warning until the tire blows.....but the TPMS should immediately warn you to pull over. But, I wonder how many of those "blowouts" are actually a low tire over many miles finally giving up the ghost ?? Or if just before a actual blowout, the tire pressure goes down 10 pounds or so as a pre-warning? A TPMS should definitely help with the last 2 scenarios, and get you off the road quicker in the 1st if you don't hear or see the problem.