This recently happened to a good friend of mine while he was driving on nearby Interstate 80. He's a very good driver, a super skier and yet, when his rear tire blew out for some unknown reason, he hit the brake hard, his car jumped straight into the concrete guardrail and got totaled.
By luck, he and his dog standing on the front seat didn't get a scratch! What should have he done instead?
At a minimum, he should have stayed away from the brake pedal and allowed the drag of the failed tire to slow the vehicle to say, 30 mph or slower, before they even considering turning the steering wheel in order to pull over.
Better yet, he should have done something even more counter-intuitive: Press the gas pedal for an instant, just long enough to stabilize the vehicle. Of course, this is much easier said than done, especially in the real world when it's so easy to panic, but this remains a useful tip to remember!
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