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Pothole plague risks a rise in tyre related road casualties

The current ‘pothole epidemic’ blighting the UK’s roads is not only causing added financial burden for drivers and councils, but it is also in danger of leading to a rise in the number of tyre related road casualties. The stark warning has been issued by TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation and comes after the consumer watchdog Which? found that Councils in England and Wales paid out £22.8m in compensation to drivers for pothole related damage in 2012. “Hitting a pothole can cause a number of tyre and wheel problems which can have a serious impact on road safety,”

Don’t let tyre issues take the ‘spring’ out of your step!

Bank Holiday motoring blues can be avoided this spring with some simple tyre checks before heading off, advises TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation. Indeed, breakdown recovery associations are bracing themselves, as they do every year, for countless tyre related call outs as millions of motorists take to the roads for a quick getaway over Easter, shortly followed by the May Bank Holiday. In fact, punctured or torn tyres was the second most common reason for calling out the AA in 2011. “Spending just a few minutes checking your vehicle’s tyres could ultimately save

Caravanners  - check your tyres for happy holidays!

As Easter and a spate of Bank Holidays loom large on the horizon, TyreSafe is advising caravan owners to give their tyres a full ‘health check’ to avoid possible motoring misery. While tyre safety is important for all vehicles, caravan tyres, and those on trailer tents or motorhomes, which might have been left to stand outside over the winter and are not used that often, are especially at risk from rubber degradation. This is because harmful UV rays can penetrate tyres, attacking the rubber ingredients that give resilience and flexibility. The result, particularly for under-inflated

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