Having a tire blow out is an experience no one wants to have — especially on a highway. It’s incredibly dangerous to pull over into a breakdown lane, and you need to work on your vehicle in order to get it running again while cars are whizzing past you.
To illustrate just how dangerous it is, have a look at this truck driver who was trying to fix his wheel on the side of the road when a huge bus came screaming past him…
Look at how close that thing got!
(via Metro)
Officials are using this video to illustrate what not to do — i.e. you should get out on the non-traffic side of the car and make sure you have plenty of space between yourself and the roadway. I don’t blame them, either! After I saw this, I’m unsure if I even want to be on the road again.