Tyre bands are not a common feature on vehicles and trailers, because there is no published evidence of them being a significant safety benefit for normal drivers. The accepted advice if you have a flat tyre is to stop and get it changed. It is not to drive on.
If tyre bands did offer any universal safety benefit, we would see them being a legislated requirement, like seat belts, and dual circuit brakes and ABS. Tyre bands have been around long enough but clearly have not been shown or proven to be of any added safety value for normal drivers.
Tyre bands have a niche market, which limits their application. The band manufactures have tried to expand the niche by offering staged and highly biased unscientific marketing material, which does not stand up to even modest scrutiny, but aims to play on the irrational fear factor.
If tyre bands did offer any universal safety benefit, we would see them being a legislated requirement, like seat belts, and dual circuit brakes and ABS. Tyre bands have been around long enough but clearly have not been shown or proven to be of any added safety value for normal drivers.
Tyre bands have a niche market, which limits their application. The band manufactures have tried to expand the niche by offering staged and highly biased unscientific marketing material, which does not stand up to even modest scrutiny, but aims to play on the irrational fear factor.
