If a tire blows out you should…?
- Take your foot off the gas pedal to slow down and steer the vehicle firmly in the direction you want to go ✓
- Keep your foot on the brake and steer to right
- Apply heavy braking
- Keep your foot on the brake and steer to left
Answer: A. Take your foot off the gas pedal to slow down and steer the vehicle firmly in the direction you want to go
Take your foot off the gas pedal to slow down and steer the vehicle firmly in the direction you want to go.
Why this is the answer
The MTO handbook says a blowout can bring strong steering and wheel vibration, so stay calm. It tells you to release the gas to slow down and hold the vehicle firmly toward where you want it to go, then stop off the road. That matches letting the car slow gradually while you keep control. Braking hard or steering to a fixed side is not what the blowout passage advises.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Keep your foot on the brake and steer to right — Keeping your foot on the brake while steering right does not follow the blowout guidance, which says to take your foot off the gas and steer firmly where you want to go.
- C. Apply heavy braking — Applying heavy braking goes against the handbook's instruction to slow down by taking your foot off the gas after a blowout.
- D. Keep your foot on the brake and steer to left — Keeping your foot on the brake and steering left also misses the handbook's blowout advice to release the gas and steer firmly toward your intended direction.
Remember it
Blowout drill: off the gas, firm on the wheel, stop off the road.