tyre pressure monitors

Its fine having all these monitoring systems on vehicles nowadays, but unless the driver pays attention to them they’re basically worthless Had  a late model mini in for Mot, and the tyre pressure warning light was glowing brightly on the dash. On  inspecting the tyres, one of the tyres was split on the sidewall for about 30% of its circumference.

The fact that the tyre was of the runflat variety was no excuse for ignoring the warning signal, it could still have failed with disastrous consequences for the driver and other road users.

When the tyre was removed the inside was completely trashed, with the inner of the tyre breaking up and depositing as rubber crumbs inside.