Mafia: you know dang well that the states rarely pays attention to what's going on outside the states unless someone's nailing one of our citzens. I can't imagine you guys got much help money for the Victorian Bush Fires from people in the states (except mabey the Californians, who get it every year).
what I read in one of our auto magazines was that Goodyear (I believe) was selling partially coloured tyres, which were promptly picked up by Los Angeles gangs and used for territory marking by leaving burnout marks.
besides, i thought Scent-impregnated tyres were bad enough.