Practical Caravan

Essential tyre safety checks

MODERN CARS AND caravans come with lots of sophisticated safety equipment.

From trailer stability control to Al-Ko’s ATC system, to the latest generation of autonomous emergency braking technology, vehicles and tourers are safer than ever before.

But there’s one item of safety equipment without which, all of these clever electronics wouldn’t matter a jot – the tyre. Whether accelerating, cornering or braking, everything a car or caravan does relies on the tyres.

As I write this, the fine, sunny summer weather is continuing, but in the wet, the condition of your car and van tyres becomes

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