Retreaders, Associations Kill Anti-Retread Bill

TIA reports that a coalition of members, other associations and local retreaders were able to defeat pending legislation in Georgia that would have effectively outlawed retreads on government-owned safety vehicles, says Tire Review. Along with TRIB and the RMA, the group worked to amend a House-passed bill that contained the anti-retread provision. The amendment was made in the Senate version of the bill, which was then passed by the Georgia House.

“This was truly a team effort,” said Paul Fiore, government and business relations director for TIA. “TRIB sounded the early alarm; TIA and RMA worked the phones to contact members of the Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee and the Georgia retreaders worked the grassroots and really took this fight all the way.

“We all viewed this as a ‘slippery slope,’ firmly believing that even the slightest negative characterization of retreaded tyres under any circumstances would certainly give way to even more restrictive legislation based not on fact and experience, but on fear and misinformation,” he said.