Trading Standards urged to ‘grip’ part worn tyre problem

Trading Standards offices across the UK are being urged by TyreSafe to enforce existing regulations regarding the sale of part worn tyres in a bid to help improve consumer safety after its own month-long nationwide investigation unearthed some alarming results. TyreSafe’s study, which involved the purchase of 50 random part worn tyres from retailers across the UK, found that 98 per cent were being sold illegally as they did not meet current requirements. Yet more concerning was that more than a third of the tyres were found to contain potentially dangerous forms of damage or non-