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Staying with tire safety... I happened across the Tyron product profile in the RVBusiness.com pages. As described there, the real danger with a catastrophic tire failure is that the tire can come completely off the wheel. If that happens, you are rolling on the rims -- a dangerous situation. It's bad enough if it happens on a dual axle trailer, but it can be disasterous on a motor home or tow vehicle. You would have no control.

Tyron makes a safety band that is installed on the inside of the wheel and which prevents a tire from leaving a rim. I'm not promoting this, just passing along the information. The bands are probably expensive, but then safety is never cheap. Tyron is a UK company and they are just now arranging to market in the US. The article stated that they have signed a deal with Camping World and are shipping to 20 stores. I checked the CW web pages and didn't find Tyron bands listed yet.

The background of this product is interesting. It was developed to keep Brittish military vehicles on the road after an IRA sniper shot out their tires during the "troubles" in Northern Ireland.