>> Aren't those accepted as a permanent repair in most other countries?
I wouldn't be at all surprised. I don't think it's illegal in any way here, an least not per se.
Always a risk if you can be held negligent I suppose, which might be the case if you used it more than temporarily, if something catastrophic occurred, and if an insurance company paid out £5m and then sued you to recover...
The tyre fitter showed me the inside of the nearly new tyre I 'repaired'. There was no way that was going to fly out, the twisted string had formed a big knot on the inside. He said it would have been fine (it was only just on the tread, close to the sidewall - and it's my wife's car).
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