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31 March 2008
Pro-Align, the UK’s leading supplier of wheel alignment equipment, is the latest organisation to join the growing number of companies to become a TyreSafe supporter.
Research over the past few years conducted by the industry has indicated that an increasing number of vehicles on UK roads have misaligned wheels leading to premature wear and early replacement of tyres. Pro-Align and TyreSafe will now work ...
Nottinghamshire Police has revealed worrying findings after carrying out spot checks on motorcycles on the county’s roads. As part of Operation Retina, more than half of all the bikes which were randomly stopped over a one-week period during the road checks were found to have defects including worn tyres.
Motorcycle tyre safety leaflet available from TyreSafe
Safety leaflet emphasises to motorcyclists the importance of caring for their tyres
Since the start of the first ever Bike Tyre Safety Month, which extends throughout the month of March, TyreSafe has witnessed a surge in ...
Motorists advised to pay attention to their tyres as ‘worst storm of the winter’ grips UK
With the latest bout of extreme weather forecast to last for much of the week ahead, which is battering the UK with heavy rain and gale force winds, TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation, is calling on motorists to take added care, and to spend time checking their tyres before driving.
27 February 2008
Defective tyres now account for the fourth biggest failure of motorcycle MOTs in the UK, after lights, brakes and suspension, according to the latest statistics from the Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA), with the data also revealing that standards of bike maintenance are not getting any better.
The report showed that between 2006 and 2007 ...
19 February 2008
TyreSafe survey reflects poor condition of nation’s tyre pressure airlines. Drawing up at a petrol forecourt to find that the tyre pressure airline is either faulty or inoperative, seems to be all too commonplace. According to a recent poll conducted by TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation, a staggering 60% of motorists were unable to check their tyre pressures due to airline equipment being out of order, which presents ...
18 February 2008
With the arrival of Spring, many bikers will be looking to get back on their motorcycles, after having been stored away during the winter period. With prolonged static activity, this poses added dangers for riders says TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation. Tyres may become under-inflated and will be subject to “dry rotting” or "cracking,” particularly if the bike has not been ...
4 February 2008
For the first time, TyreSafe is mounting a tyre safety campaign throughout the month of March to highlight the dangers of defective or badly worn tyres on motorcycles and scooters. TyreSafe has already received support for its initiative from BikeSafe, the UK police force road safety campaign, which will culminate in a major bike safety show to be held at the police training centre in Hendon ...
30 January 2008
Lives of motorists endangered as too many potholes are ignored. Further to a damning report last year which revealed damage to vehicles from potholes and bad road surfaces amounted to £320 million in 2006, 2007 showed little improvement according to figures released by the AA motoring organisation last weekend. The latest statistics show that 12% or 120,000 out of all of the UK’s one million potholes ...
26 January 2008
Toyo Tyres (UK) has become the latest tyre company in the UK to pledge support to TyreSafe. The company joins the growing list of organisations from both within and outside the tyre industry to sign up to support the tyre safety activities undertaken by TyreSafe.