The first thirty seconds decide most of this, so it is worth having the order in your head. The moment the car feels wrong, come off the accelerator gradually rather than lifting off sharply, keep both hands where they are and let the speed fall on its own. Do not brake hard, because a flat tyre gives you far less grip on that corner and a heavy stop pulls the car towards it. Look ahead for the first space where you can legally be still, indicate early and take it. Only then think about the tyre. That sequence matters more coming down Wimbledon Hill Road with traffic stacked behind you than it would almost anywhere else, because the road gives you nothing at the side and everybody behind is expecting you to keep moving.
Once you are stopped, everything slows down and stays slow. Hazards on, engine off, and if anything is passing close get everyone out onto the footway rather than the road side. Then ring. Nothing else is time critical, and the car should not move again until somebody has looked at it. That is true whether it has come to rest on a Village street, in a bay off the Broadway or on a drive out at Raynes Park. Cars, SUVs and 4x4s, work carried out at any hour, with SW19 and SW20 usually reached in 30 to 60 minutes.
The first cold snap of the year fills the diary with flats that are not flats. Where there is real damage, the wheel comes off on the drive in South Wimbledon and it is repaired to standard or replaced from stock, on the spot. The wheel comes off in Raynes Park, not on a ramp in Tooting. Pressures set before we leave Raynes Park, and the same on Kingston Road.
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Wimbledon gives a driver two different problems depending on where the tyre lets go: the Broadway with buses and no space, or the hill up to the Village with a gradient and cars behind. Both reward the same reaction, which is a gradual one. Let the speed come off, take the first legal space and stop being a driver. Everything after that comes to the car.
A driver felt the steering go on the descent with cars close behind. No hard braking, no sudden steering, and the first side turning taken calmly. The casing was intact when the fitter arrived.
A car stopped abruptly on Worple Road to take a space that was not really there. The heavy stop dragged the flat tyre badly and cost the shoulder, which no repair covers.
A tyre going soft with the town centre traffic ahead. Pulling in before joining it was the difference between a straightforward repair and a much longer afternoon.
Ease off gently, keep the wheel steady and let the speed drop by itself. No hard braking and no sharp steering. Then pick the first place you can legally stop.
Because a flat tyre has much less grip than the other three, so a hard stop pulls the car towards that corner. Slowing gradually keeps the car balanced and keeps the tyre in one piece.
Hazards on, keep rolling gently and take the first turning or space you can reach. Traffic behind will pass. Stopping in the lane on a gradient is the option worth avoiding.
If anything is passing close, yes, on the pavement side and well back. On a quiet residential street you are usually better off staying inside with the doors shut.
Yes. Give us a rough idea of the space alongside the car when you call, since around the Village that is the one thing worth knowing before anybody sets off.
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