There is nothing worse than a tyre failure hundreds of kilometres from home. Long Australian road trips put unusual stress on tyres: high speeds for hours, fully loaded vehicles, hot road surfaces and long distances all add up. Good tyre safety on a road trip…

It is a stressful moment: you feel the steering go heavy, hear a flapping sound, and realise you have a flat. The first question almost everyone asks is, can you drive on a flat tyre to get somewhere safer or to a workshop? The short…