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What run flat tyres actually are When people hear the word “run flat” for the first time, they usually picture a tyre that keeps working normally even with zero air

A dispatcher calls and asks whether he still owes toll for the stretch of autobahn where his truck broke down. It is a fair question, because few topics confuse drivers

A tire failure at 80 km/h on the German autobahn is one of the most dangerous moments a truck driver will face. In an articulated truck with a gross weight

A truck rarely breaks down at a convenient time. Workshop and roadside assistance records show the same pattern year after year: a disproportionate share of breakdowns happens between 10 p.m.

A semi truck lying in a ditch is not a job for a regular tow truck. Neither is a tanker stuck sideways on an icy incline, nor a trailer with

A broken-down semi-trailer truck on the motorway costs more than just time. Once a tire service can no longer help, because an axle has failed or the trailer is sitting

A flat tire in the middle of the motorway is rarely a small problem. On a semi-trailer truck, the cargo weighs several tonnes, braking distance gets longer, and continuing on

TL;DR: On 5 August, a Mercedes-Benz Actros tractor unit stopped on the A5 near Baden-Baden, direction Basel, after its digital tachograph stopped recording driving and rest times. LKWHelp24 dispatched a