Tire blowout — Utah Permit Test
Tire blowout on the Utah permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If a front tire blows out the vehicle will pull hard toward the blown tire, and the driver should not slam on the brakes.
Braking hard with one tire gone puts the car sideways. Holding the wheel straight is what keeps it in the lane.
If a front tire blows out, your vehicle will pull hard toward the blown tire. Do not slam on the brakes.
If a rear tire blows out the vehicle will wobble, shake, and pull toward the blown tire.
A rear blowout feels different from a front one, and knowing which it is tells a driver what the car will do next.
If a rear tire blows out, the vehicle will wobble, shake, and pull toward the blown tire.
If a tire goes flat a driver should grip the wheel firmly, steer straight, slow gradually, take their foot off the gas pedal, and not brake.
The tire is already doing the slowing. Adding brakes to a car pulling to one side is how it leaves the road.
If a tire goes flat, grip the steering wheel firmly, steer straight, slow gradually, and take your foot off the gas pedal; do not brake.
After a tire failure a driver should not stop on the road but should pull off in a safe and level spot, turn on the emergency flashers, and change the tire.
Changing a wheel in a live lane is how people are killed after surviving the blowout itself.
Brake gently only if you must, and do not stop on the road. Pull off the road in a safe and level spot, if possible, turn on the emergency flashers, and change the tire.
On the test
What does a Utah vehicle do when a front tire blows out?
It pulls hard toward the blown tire. Braking hard with one tire gone puts the car sideways. Holding the wheel straight is what keeps it in the lane. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.67: “If a front tire blows out, your vehicle will pull hard toward the blown tire. Do not slam on the brakes.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, published by the Utah Driver License Division, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/UT.pdf (Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, Utah Driver License Division, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/UT.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/UT-exam.html (dld.utah.gov/written-knowledge-test/ as served on 2026-09-22; the only source for the 50-question count)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, UT entry -- the folio offset of 10 and its basis, the two non-law pages, the extraction-flag score and its five welded compounds, and the record of where the exam shape comes from
- docs/plans/how-to-build-laws.md -- the rule that the manual is the syllabus and nothing enters this file without a page in it