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Tyres are your only contact with the road, are
yours safe? - 12th October 2007
An investigation
by Trading Standards
into rogue repairmen found that the so called experts may not always be
ensuring the vehicles they service have
safe
tyres.
A Trading
Standards director commented "Consumers need to know that once they take
a punctured tyre to a business to be repaired, it is to a standard where
they can drive on our roads in complete safety".
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A recent assessment carried out by the Harrow Times group
found that 50% of the businesses checked had insufficient tyre pressures on
vehicles.
Incorrectly inflated tyres on vehicles can cause drivers
to lose control of their vehicles more easily. This could lead to
road accidents resulting in
possible
vehicle damage,
vehicle
occupant injury or even
pedestrian injuries. October 2007 was named
Tyre
Safety Month by TyreSafe who are
the UK's leading organisation on
tyre
safety.
They hope to raise awareness of tyre safety and the fact
that worn, defective or damaged tyres are a major road safety risk. Research
by TyreSafe, claims that nearly three
quarters of all cars on the UK's roads have under-inflated tyres, this can
adversely affect a vehicles handling. |
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