Tyre safety month October 2007

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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".

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.