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25 October 2006
Tyre safety tips from the Tyre Industry Council
In advance of this year’s Scottish Tyre Safety Week in November the Tyre Industry Council – Britain’s foremost tyre safety organisation - has issued a series of simple tyre safety tips designed to keep a car legal and get the maximum performance and mileage out of a set of tyres.
24 October 2006
At the start of this year’s tyre safety week in Northern Ireland, the Tyre Industry Council has issued a warning about driving in winter months with defective or badly worn tyres.
11 October 2006
Northern Ireland tyre dealers and manufacturers work together in road safety campaign
All major tyre dealers and manufacturers in Northern Ireland are offering free tyre safety checks and advice in the run-up to this year’s Northern Ireland Tyre Safety Week, part of the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s winter safety campaign.
5 October 2006
Defective and badly worn tyres, a contributory factor in road accidents
Tyres are the ultimate forgettable products and their importance overlooked and yet they are a major contributory factor in many road accidents, particularly in the wet according to the Tyre Industry Council, the UK foremost tyre safety organisation.
4 October 2006
Have your tyres checked for free
A tyre safety clinic offering free tyre checks and tyre safety advice will be arranged at the Glasgow Fort Shopping Centre on the 3rd and 4th November in the run up to this year’s Scottish Tyre Safety Week campaign.
28 September 2006
30% of cars on the roads in Scotland have at least one badly worn tyre
This year’s Scottish Winter Safety Campaign incorporating Scottish Tyre Safety Week will again focus on the importance of tyres, the only contact a vehicle has with the road surface.
28 September 2006
Northern Ireland campaign in October will target worn tyres.
The dangers of driving a car with defective or badly worn tyres will be the focus of next month’s Northern Ireland Tyre Safety Week, part of a winter safety initiative spearheaded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland designed to raise the awareness of driving in winter conditions.
7 September 2006
Tyre safety campaign will target defective and badly worn tyres
Defective and badly worn tyres are a contributory factor in many vehicle accidents particularly when the roads are wet says the Tyre Industry Council – Britain’s foremost tyre safety organisation. In a series of police checks in Lancashire last year almost 30% of cars checked had at least one tyre below the legal minimum of 1.6mm or worn below 2mm, not illegal but considered to be in need of replacement. This was one of the highest figures for defective tyre recorded in the UK.
28 April 2006
One in three cars in the North East has at least one defective or badly worn tyre
Getting on for one in three of all cars and vans on the road in the north east of England have at least one defective or badly worn tyre according to the Tyre Industry Council, Britain’s foremost tyre safety organisation.
The Tyre Industry Council is using its website www.tyresafety.co.uk to promote the regional tyre safety campaign in the North-East of England due to run next month.