When assessing the decision to deflate or not I look at how many people are in the vehicle. Another problem to be aware of is that it may adversely impact on the job of Accident Investigators. They can assess the scene of a fatal accident and determine vehicle speeds and direction of travel at time of impact to within parts of a kilometre per hour. Easy - yes. The provide infinite adjustment as against step wise adjustment.
Some caution is needed when building a stabilisation point, but generally a good option.
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