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A run flat tyre is a pneumatic tyre for a car that’s designed not to deflate when punctured, but is designed to enable the car to continue to be driven at low speeds (normally under 50mph) for a limited distance (some up to 100 miles, others up to 200 miles) depending on the tyre type.

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Run flat systems have been around for quite a few years in different forms, and many manufacturers from Dunlop, to Michelin and others have adopted different systems. All these systems though have one thing in mind, keeping the vehicle safe when a puncture occurs.

This sort of tyre isn’t ideal for many people, but under certain circumstances can be incredibly useful. For example, if you are disabled, or elderly you don’t need to worry about having to change a tyre at the side of the road, and also for people who drive on narrow winding roads regularly, or on motorways regularly because it can be particularly hard in these locations to stop and change a tyre safely. Add to the above of course the fact that you have to empty the boot to get to the spare tyre in most cars, and you have even more of an inconvenience or potential safety issue to deal with.

Driving on a tyre which has failed and is not a run flat tyre is not something any driver should really consider doing, there are just too many factors that can contribute to you having an accident. Loss of control of the vehicle – usually caused by the sidewall of the tyre becoming separated from the rim of the wheel being the most dangerous of these as at this point the car and whoever is inside it are at risk from accidents.

A run flat tyre works by having a heavily reinforced sidewall construction. When the tyre is punctured and the air inside it is no longer at pressure and keeping the tyre inflated, a run flat tyre relies on this reinforced sidewall to carry the weight of the vehicle. This is why, after an incident of pressure loss (i.e. a puncture), you should always get a run flat tyre changed rather than repaired as there may be more damage that you can’t see that’s occurred inside the tyre, and if you got another puncture, that tyre might not have enough strength left to support the vehicle a second time.

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