January 17, 2013 By Connor ORourke A recent mystery shopper investigation by TyreSafe, the UK’s leading tyre safety organisation, found that 98 per cent of the part worn tyres it purcha...

Posted 11 years ago

By Padraic Deane   Trading Standards Officers in the UK are set to step up their efforts to investigate the sale of illegal and dangerous part worn tyres following a webinar on the s...

Posted 11 years ago

By John Loughran   English based Tyres and Accessories publication reports that Micheldever Tyres Service’s latest quarterly tread depth analysis shows that in the period from...

Posted 11 years ago

By John Loughran   TyreSafe’s ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the risks associated with fitting part-worn tyres have been given a further boost with support from the Natio...

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By Connor O Rourke The Government has launched its latest road safety strategy ‘Closing the Gap’, which will run until 2020, but has failed to tackle the issue of the sale and fitment of...

Posted 10 years ago

By John Loughran TyreSafe, the UK tyre safety organisation is warning motorists of the dangers of fitting part worn tyres, following an  independent investigation by Bristol Trading Sta...

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By Connor ORourke   The Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) is calling an outright ban on the sale and fitment of part worn tyres. The ITIA is poised to make a submission to the Roa...

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More than four million drivers in the UK are buying tyres that have been previously used on another vehicle, and one in six motorists has bought part-worn tyres at some point in their driving life, ty...

Posted 10 years ago

The Minister for Transport, Paschal Donohoe, has asked drivers to ensure they check their tyres regularly, as he launched Irish Road Safety Week. Tyre safety, child safety and cycling safety are on...

Posted 8 years ago

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has expressed concern at driver attitudes to tyre safety, as a survey conducted by the Authority has revealed that 1 in 8 drivers (14%) have bought part-worn tyres in t...

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At a recent tyre-safety awareness drive in central Dublin, a representative from the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) set up a number of free standing metal podiums to display tyres. They ran...

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TyreSafe, the UK tyre safety organisation has launched a website detailing the dangers, real cost and legal regulations on the sale of part worn tyres – http://www.partworn-tyres.co.uk/ Mill...

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