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Autoglass reveals top 10 'wacky' call-outs

Motorists have lifted the lid on some of the more extraordinary dangers facing them on the UK’s roads last year including a kamikaze duck, an "evil pheasant" and…Susan Boyle.

Customer calls to Autoglass reveal that some drivers were their own worst enemies with one actually shattering his windscreen from the inside….after accidentally firing his shotgun.
The mishaps were among a series of wacky explanations given to the leading automotive services company from drivers with damaged vehicle glass last year.

27th March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Rolling tyre app takes top honours in Scottish school challenge

Who said children don’t do anything worthwhile at school these days? News site dailyrecord.co.uk brings word that three Scottish school pupils have designed an app as part of the Arnold Clark Scottish Schools Challenge – and it is about to go on sale globally through Apple’s App Store. The app is called Free Wheelin’ and the central protagonist is a tyre, which players need to successfully roll down a track by tilting their smart phone.

21st March 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Are Sat Navs worth it?

New research, from car insurance company Confused.com, has revealed that Sat Navs have caused over £203m worth of damage to drivers on UK roads, through accidents caused by misleading directions. With the Department for Transport holding its first ever Sat Nav Summit in March, the issue of misleading Sat Navs has become an ever-increasing problem across the nation.

21st February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

British artists create exhibition from Cooper tyres

Four British artists chosen in partnership by Cooper Tire Europe and the UK’s leading art store, Castle Galleries, have created visual artworks starting with tyres as effective canvasses. Based on three themes relevant to Cooper Avon products and their motorsport heritage, the artists spent 257 man hours crafting the pieces, which will be displayed at Artica Galleries, South Molton Street, London until 17 February 2012.

14th February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

The £80,000 plate

The DVLA's first auction of Personalised Registrations for 2012 got off to an explosive start when a mystery businessman paid nearly £80,000 for the registration DH11 LON.

Expectations surrounding the personalised registration were high, especially as Dhillon is a popular Asian surname, but no one predicted the hammer would come down on such a huge sum during the first day of the Agency's three-day sale.

2nd February 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Less motorway lane hogging, and other resolutions

It is nice to see that promises of better motoring are amongst the New Year’s resolutions recently made (and possibly already neglected). Fast fitter HiQ questioned 500 drivers about what they intend to change in 2012, and many indicated that an improvement in highway manners is on the cards.

10th January 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

This song is dedicated to…rain

In news that may get your barometer moving, Uniroyal Tyres has revealed its list of top ten rain-related songs. The wet weather tyre specialist polled 2,000 music loving drivers and found Prince’s mid-80s classic ‘Purple Rain’ to be the punters’ favourite. Runner-up honours went to the exuberant ‘It’s Raining Men’ from The Weather Girls, while Guns N Roses’ November Rain took third place.

25th November 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Fieldens supplies wheels for Take That robot

Stowmarket specialist tyre supplier Fieldens has entered the world of stadium-bothering pop music once again, five years after supplying a series of large Bead Cheetah storage cylinders to a Rolling Stones tour. This time Fieldens helped Take That stage their extravagant tour centrepiece; a 60’ robot named OM.

28th September 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Frog feet could help tyres stick

The biology of tree frogs could provide innovative solutions to tyre design problems, according to a Scottish academic. "Tree frog feet may provide a design for self-cleaning sticky surfaces, which could be useful for…tyre performance and even long lasting adhesives," said researcher, Niall Crawford at the University of Glasgow.

5th July 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Therapy for Bruno the tyre chomper

International News, News

New Zealand’s 3 News has reported the antics of Bruno, a seven-year old mastiff cross with a tyre phobia. Following a mini-rampage in which Bruno disabled three vehicles, including two police cars, by sinking his teeth into their radials, the tyre hating canine ended up in the doghouse – literally. However every dog is said to have its day, and after making an appearance on the evening news Bruno is having his, courtesy of New Zealand’s first pet hotel and day spa.

27th June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

North West motorists put cars before spouses

Buying a new car is one of the most significant purchases anyone can make but some motorists in North West considered it more important than choosing a new house, picking their own children’s names and even deciding who to marry, according to a new study.

On average local drivers take just under three months (2.74) to decide what new motor to buy, while almost a quarter (23.77 per cent) need up to six months to choose before they commit to one. The national average is 2.94 months.

23rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Fairy Jobmother’ finds former dancer work with ATS Euromaster

Channel Four reality television show The Fairy Jobmother will feature a 24-year-old former professional wrestler and dancer from Birmingham now working for ATS Euromaster this evening (21 June). Sarah Baker, who has danced at the National Indoor Arena and acted at the New Alexander Theatre is now a full member of the Customer Response Team at the head office of tyre company ATS Euromaster in Aston, thanks to the Jobmother herself, Hayley Taylor, who helps people to find work on the show.

21st June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ surveys motoring frustrations, dawdling drivers voted biggest pain in the bumper

Motorists who dawdle at traffic lights annoy more people than bullying bus drivers, middle-lane motorway hoggers and caravans, a HiQ survey of 500 motorists has suggested. The fast fit network asked drivers what most frustrates them about life on Britain’s roads. Somewhat surprisingly, twee car stickers – including the slogans “sprinkled by fairy dust” and “cheeky monkey on board” – came third in HiQ’s Driver Frustration survey.

3rd June 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Driving association amazed at 'close roads on Sundays' suggestion

Public health minister Anne Milton MP has proposed banning cars from streets on Sundays to allow children to play in them. The move, she said, would help get youngsters off their computers and enjoy outdoor physical activities. With two-thirds of UK children predicted to be obese by 2050 if current trends continue, outside play is seen as a way of tackling the problem.

10th May 2011/by Tyrepress Editors

Michelin experiences Easter ‘kidnapping’

April 22 wasn’t a good Friday for the statue of Bibendum (the rotund white figure also known as the Michelin Man, in case you aren’t yet on first-name terms) gracing the entrance to Michelin’s Ballymena factory in Northern Ireland. The four-foot tall statue at the County Atrim plant was stolen in the early hours of April 22 and whisked away from the scene in an estate car. According to the BBC, the £2,500 local icon appears not to have left his post outside the Ballymena plant without a struggle, however – one of his feet remains in place.

28th April 2011/by Tyrepress Editors