Spanish soccer star Jose Antonio Reyes was speeding at 147 mph when his car crashed on Saturday, local media reported.
當地媒體報道，星期六，西班牙足球明星何塞·安東尼奧·雷耶斯以每小時147英里的速度駕車行駛，發生撞車事故。
Reyes and his cousin were killed in the fiery crash on a highway outside of Seville, while another cousin was severely injured.
這起事故發生在塞維利亞附近的公路上，雷耶斯和他的表兄在事故引發的大火中身亡，他的另一名表兄受重傷。
According to Mundo Deportivo, a police report on the accident said that Reyes hadn』t driven the high performance Brabus Mercedes-Benz S550 in some time and that it suffered a blowout that was likely due to low tire pressure. An initial investigation suggests that the car lost control, hit some concrete blocks, rolled off the road and caught fire, finally coming to rest 200 meters from the highway.
據世界體育報報道，現場的一名警察報告稱，雷耶斯沒有把奔馳Brabus開這麼快，發生爆胎可能是由於輪胎氣壓不足所致，初步調查認為是車失去了控制，撞在了混凝土物體上，最終翻下距公路200米處，引起了火災。
It is not yet known if the tire had the incorrect air pressure when Reyes set off for his drive, or if it suffered a puncture along the way, but the incident highlights the dangers posed by a tire that』s low on air.
尚不明確雷耶斯開車時，輪胎是否氣不足，或者是否是汽車在行駛途中，輪胎被扎開了小洞，但是事故強調一個輪胎氣壓不足會發生危險。
Tire Rack product information specialist Woody Rogers tells Fox News Autos the issue is especially problematic at high speeds, because an underinflated tire generates more heat. In fact, some tires can require 7.5 pounds more pressure than recommended for normal driving to work properly at 149 mph.
Tire Rack汽車輪胎產品信息專家Woody Rogers告訴福克斯汽車新聞，輪胎氣壓不足在高速行駛中尤其危險，因為低氣壓輪胎會產生更多熱量，事實上，有些輪胎要求7.5磅氣壓，每小時147英里的速度行駛要比正常駕駛推薦的氣壓更高。
「When a tire is underinflated, the sidewalls flex farther than intended,」 Rogers said.
Rogers說，「一個輪胎氣壓不足時，胎壁活動量要比預期的活動量更大。」
「When this happens, temperature quickly begins to rise. At the same time, the rubber and fabric components in the sidewall are being flexed and stretched too far, which begins to damage the materials and eventually (or quickly) leads to failure and separation of the components. Once that happens, the tire will quickly fail.」
「胎壁活動量大時，溫度很快會上升，與此同時，胎壁上的橡膠和織物組成部分也在活動，而且活動幅度太大，從而損壞輪胎最終（或很快）爆胎。一旦發生爆胎，輪胎便快速塌下去。」
Even if Reyes hadn』t suffered a puncture, tires can lose 1 psi per month through normal seepage, and a typical tire pressure monitoring system might not set off an alert until they are 20 percent low.
甚至如果雷耶斯的車胎沒有扎開洞，輪胎在正常情況下也會每個月漏掉1磅氣壓，一般的輪胎氣壓監測系統在氣壓低於20%時不會發出爆胎警告。
「Summertime heat, road trips with fully and sometimes overloaded vehicles all put significant stress on tires. The best way to make sure tires survive the drive is proper inflation pressure. And the best way to do that is to check and re-adjust at least once a month, and before any road trip. It just takes a few minutes,」 Rogers said.
Rogers說，「夏季路面溫度高，車輛超載會加重輪胎的壓力。防止爆胎的最佳方式是確保輪胎氣壓適當，在上路前至少一個月檢查調整一次，這麼做花不了幾分鍾時間。」
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