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A comment on Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

wayne parsons — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:14:04 GMT

Tragic story. It is great to see that new safety products like the Tyron Tire Blowout Protection is out there. Have any of those made it to Hawaii yet?

A comment on Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

Rick Cole — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:44:02 GMT

Gerry:

Our technology can be seen on our web site at More ... The Tyron system blocks out the drop center of a wheel, so when a tire blows out, the wheel rim cannot come into contact with the road surface...steering, braking, and control are maintained. In a normal tire blowout, the wheel rim will contact the road surface, dig into the pavement, and then take the driver on a wild ride right or left depending on which steer (or front) tire blows out. That is why right steer blowouts end up in ditches off the side of the road (resulting in flips) and left steer tire blowouts cross the median generally into oncoming traffic. Tyron has been tested to the extreme by all the major tire companies and is used by police, fire, rapid responders, trucks, buses, etc. worldwide.

A comment on Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

Gerry McGill — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:34:50 GMT

Rick, would you be willing to elaborate on the Blowout Protection devices, i.e. what they are and how they work?

A comment on Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

Rick Cole — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:31:29 GMT

Please bus fleet owners start using Tyron Tire Blowout Portection devices...this is an unnecessary tragedy.

A comment on Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

Gerry McGill — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:35:40 GMT

Brad, thanks for the correction and update.

A comment on Church bus crash in Mississippi kills 1; injures 23

Brad W. — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:28:48 GMT

13 were carried to Rush Foundation Hospital, 6 were carried to Riley Hospital, and 3 were carried to Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.