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20 March 2007
Potholes are ripping tyres apart says TyreSafe
Holes in the UK’s roads are putting motorists at serious risk. Badly maintained and unfinished roads are putting driver safety at significant risk more than ever before according to TyreSafe, Britain’s foremost tyre safety organisation.
23 February 2007
Supercar drivers risking an accident says TyreSafe
Over 30% of high performance tyres removed at a specialist tyre outlet proved to be potentially dangerous. Drivers of Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and other high performance cars are risking an accident and injury on wet roads because of worn tyres...
2 February 2007
TyreSafe opposes lengthening of MOT test period
A serious retrograde step that could increase the number of road accidents. Government plans to consider increasing the timescale of the MOT test from 12 to 24 months...
18 January 2007
Under pressure - Pressure washers can damage your tyres
Hand car wash teams have mushroomed dramatically in the UK in the past few years. Estimates suggest that there are between 5,000 to 10,000 two or three man teams up and down the country offering this service to motorists.
19 December 2006
Regional tyre safety campaigns judged a success
Two of the longest running tyre safety campaigns in the UK, the Scottish and Northern Ireland events, have maintained their success and once again underlined the dangers of driving with defective or bald tyres.
1 December 2006
Peter Taylor honoured with TIC Lifetime Achievement Award
A TIC Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Peter Taylor by the chairman of the Tyre Industry Council Brian Smith at this year’s Rubber Industry Dinner held at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in Solihull.
2 November 2006
TyreSafe - the way ahead for tyre safety
The important part that tyres play in road safety will be boosted with the launch of TyreSafe. The Tyre Industry Council has adopted the TyreSafe brand to extend and enhance important tyre safety messages and has received the backing of leading tyre companies and tyre retailers in the UK. TyreSafe will develop campaigns to promote key safety messages to all drivers.
Motorists in Scotland will have additional opportunities to obtain free tyre safety information in the run up to next week’s Tyre Safety Week. In addition to the tyre safety clinic to be held at the Fort Shopping Centre outside Glasgow, on Friday and Saturday of this week, the road safety team at Lothian and Borders Police will be staging a tyre safety clinic at Fort Kinneard in Edinburgh.
1 November 2006
TyreSafe sign up to EU Road Safety Charter
Reducing the number of people killed in road accidents by half - TyreSafe is signatory to European Charter. TyreSafe has committed itself to a road safety initiative which seeks to halve the number of road deaths on European Union roads by 2010.