How to cope with pothole damage

What to do if you hit a pothole?

Pothole damage is usually confined to tyres, rims, steering and suspension. If you hit a pothole and notice a vibration afterwards or that the steering wheel doesn’t centre properly or pulls to one side, get the car checked immediately, as faults such as tracking or steering damage can lead to later expense or even an accident. Also check your tyres as damage may not be immediately obvious.

Keeping children safe – also outside
the car

Breaking down can be a stressful and worrying experience and it could happen to any of us. Having a flat tyre is obviously more worrying when there are young children in the car. Mounting a safety device and Goodyear RunOnFlat tyres could avoid such a situation.
Thanks to the RunOnFlat technology, drivers no longer have to make that dangerous stop at the side of the road to change a tyre. RunOnFlat tyres allow drivers to keep on driving after a puncture or total loss of tyre pressure, providing them ample time to get home or to a nearby repair shop within a distance of 80km and at a maximum speed of 80km/h – even on a fully deflated tyre.

Always concentrate on the road: The driver should never take his or her eyes off the road. At a speed of 100km/h a car moves at about 30m per second. Turning around to your kids might cost three seconds in which you would have driven almost 100m blindly.