Retreads – ‘A Dangerous Thing To Do’?

The South African retreading business obviously has some work to do judging by an article on health website, Health24.com. The article listed 21 supposedly hazardous activities under the subtitle “dangerous things no-one should ever do.” Among them were the usual suspects – leaving medication lying around within reach of toddlers; swimming in the sea when you have had too many; not keeping guns locked in a safe and unloaded.

Most would agree that these are all potentially dangerous activities. However, the list also included “driving with worn or retreaded tyres and not regularly checking your brakes.” Now, the industry would surely agree that driving on worn tyres is a bad idea and not checking your brakes is equally stupid, but running on retreads? What do you think about Health24’s comments and what can be done to improve public perceptions of retreaded tyres? E-mail info@77.237.250.82 to have your say.