Tire manufacturers owe the public a duty to make sure that the tires it produces are safe and reliable. Thousands of vehicle accidents that cause the death or serious injury of another happen every year as a result of poorly manufactured and defective tires. Despite the obvious dangers inherent in manufacturing defective tires, tire companies […]
Tire Separation Motor Vehicle Accidents
Tire manufacturers owe the public a duty to make sure that the tires it produces are safe and reliable. Thousands of vehicle accidents that cause the death or serious injury of another happen every year as a result of poorly manufactured and defective tires. Despite the obvious dangers inherent in manufacturing defective tires, tire companies only recall their tires after serious or even catastrophic accidents occur caused by tread separation or sidewall blowouts from defective tires.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration compiled statistics suggesting that 8,000 vehicle accidents occur annually due to tire blowouts. A tire blowout occurs when the tire wall fails and loses air pressure almost instantaneously. A common attribute of a blowout is an explosion-type sound.
Tire blowouts usually happen without warning. The sudden and startling nature of a blowout can throw a car the car violently to the side, forcing the driver to struggle to control the car. This type of maneuvering causes the vehicle to roll, go off of the road, or slam into another vehicle. Crashes caused by blowouts, especially when they hap
