'Mobility tyres' are otherwise known as run-flat tyres.
Basically, if you get a puncture, you shouldn't suffer a complete deflation, as the tyre has a stiffer sidewall and can thus be driven on to a place of safety/a garage, etc.
The upside is that you are less likely to get wiped out on a motorway hard shoulder, etc.
The downside is that the tyres are more expensive, they generally have a harder ride (that stiffer sidewall again), and, if they have been driven on for any appreciable distance whilst flat, they can't be repaired and must be replaced (preferably in pairs). Also, lots of tyre depots won't repair runflats under any circumstances, and will insist on sendng them away for a specialist centre to do the repair.
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