Don"t Risk Tired Car Tyres
With the economy stretched to the point where you need to make every penny count it is perfectly understandably to see all walks of life cutting back and trying to make items last for as long as possible.
This unfortunately for some includes their car tyres.
Whilst it is a wise choice to tighten the purse strings on household expenses where possible, your vehicle's tyres are certainly not worth taking the risk.
It could potentially endanger your own and others' lives.
If you weren't already aware, the legal tread limit for your vehicle's tyres is 1.
6mm.
Here in the UK the current penalty for having illegal tyres on your motor is a fine of up to £2500 and 3 penalty points per tyre! So simply choosing not to replace your existing worn out tyres could end up proving to be a false economy, as well as posing a risk to your, your passengers and other road users' lives.
Those four tyres are the only part of your car which maintains contact with the road.
When you take into consideration that a tyre only takes up as much space as your footprint on the road, you soon begin to realise just how difficult it is to stop when you're running at full speed, let alone having to bring a car to a halt that's speeding along! A worn tyre does not disperse water in the same way as a fresh tyre.
This means that the vehicle is more likely to suffer aquaplaning in wet weather conditions.
The tread is used to disperse the water effectively by channeling the water away from the road.
This reason alone makes delaying the purchase of new tyres a potentially life threatening issue.
There is a simple test that you can carry out anywhere to make sure that your tyres are legal, simply by using a 20p coin.
All you have to do is insert the 20p coin into the main tread of the vehicles tyres.
All of the outer banding of the coin should completely disappear in the tyre tread.
If you can see the outer banding of the 20p coin you will need to get your car tyres professionally checked to make sure they are legal.
Most garages will offer a free tyre check to ensure you are driving safely and legally so there is no reason to delay.
Stay safe and legal and you won't run the risk of a hefty fine and penalty points.
This unfortunately for some includes their car tyres.
Whilst it is a wise choice to tighten the purse strings on household expenses where possible, your vehicle's tyres are certainly not worth taking the risk.
It could potentially endanger your own and others' lives.
If you weren't already aware, the legal tread limit for your vehicle's tyres is 1.
6mm.
Here in the UK the current penalty for having illegal tyres on your motor is a fine of up to £2500 and 3 penalty points per tyre! So simply choosing not to replace your existing worn out tyres could end up proving to be a false economy, as well as posing a risk to your, your passengers and other road users' lives.
Those four tyres are the only part of your car which maintains contact with the road.
When you take into consideration that a tyre only takes up as much space as your footprint on the road, you soon begin to realise just how difficult it is to stop when you're running at full speed, let alone having to bring a car to a halt that's speeding along! A worn tyre does not disperse water in the same way as a fresh tyre.
This means that the vehicle is more likely to suffer aquaplaning in wet weather conditions.
The tread is used to disperse the water effectively by channeling the water away from the road.
This reason alone makes delaying the purchase of new tyres a potentially life threatening issue.
There is a simple test that you can carry out anywhere to make sure that your tyres are legal, simply by using a 20p coin.
All you have to do is insert the 20p coin into the main tread of the vehicles tyres.
All of the outer banding of the coin should completely disappear in the tyre tread.
If you can see the outer banding of the 20p coin you will need to get your car tyres professionally checked to make sure they are legal.
Most garages will offer a free tyre check to ensure you are driving safely and legally so there is no reason to delay.
Stay safe and legal and you won't run the risk of a hefty fine and penalty points.
Source...