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The Challenge Begins

Today marks the beginning of the gruelling eight-day 2006 Fulda Challenge. For the UK team, Kate Balchin (from Bagshot in Surrey) and Martin Yardley (from Portsmouth), this means battling the elements in an extreme sports competition in Canada’s Yukon Territory.

The female Metropolitan Police Officer and the Royal Marine PTI travelled to Canada last Friday to begin preparations for the event. They will compete against nine other countries – including Germany, Belgium, Austria and Canada – to win two Klondike gold nuggets and the title of 2006 Fulda Challenge champions. The punishing schedule allows no break for the team as they compete in a wide range of sporting events in temperatures as low as –50ºC.

30th January 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

A New Form of Drink-Driving

Drivers are being warned to avoid caffeine excess after a man was jailed for dangerous driving after drinking 20 cans of Red Bull. Peter Edwards, 48, from King’s Lynn, was jailed for four months on Friday after Norwich Crown Court heard he was pursued across Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. His car was seen “swerving from side to side” across the A10, the court heard. Edwards car was then involved in a 50-mile police chase, according to a BBC report.

23rd January 2006/by Tyrepress Editors

NETE Installs Telematics to Streamline Vehicle Management

North Eastern Tyre and Exhaust Ltd (NETE) has equipped its fleet of 50 delivery vehicles with Aerotrack vehicle management equipment. The system, manufactured by Aeromark of Bedford, uses wireless telematics technology to track the location of every vehicle on the fleet and to monitor other important management information.

13th December 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Slashing Rampage Causes $30,000 in Tyre Damage

(Akron/Tire Review) Calgary, Alberta, police arrested four teenagers who allegedly slashed the tyres of more than 80 cars this past weekend. Estimates are that the vandalism, which occurred early on 4 December caused some $30,000 in damage. Police arrested and charged three 15-year-olds – two boys and one girl, and a 16-year-old boy with 204 counts. News reports say the victims are upset, having to face replacing tyres just before the holidays. In one case, according to police, one victim had all four tires on his three vehicles slashed.

8th December 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Hi-Q Partners with Salford City Council

Hi-Q’s fleet operation has continued to forge links with local authorities by adding Salford City Council to those councils already involved with its North West based Local Authority Purchasing Partnership (LAPP).

The contract will see Hi-Q provide all tyres and tyre servicing to the entire Salford City Council fleet, which comprises over 300 vehicles ranging from large tippers to grass mowers.

7th November 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Fulda Challenge 2006

The 2006 UK Fulda Challenge team has been chosen following the European Selection Event that took place in Sulden, South Tyrol/Italy.

The two-person team – Martin Yardley, a Royal Marine physical training instructor from Portsmouth and Kate Balchin, a Metropolitan police officer from Bagshot in Surrey – will represent the UK in the sixth Fulda Challenge.

6th October 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Local Council Sets Up Dumped Tyre Hotline

Dumped tyres are becoming the bugbear of environmental officials in Louth and Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. But East Lindsey District Council will not be defeated and has a plan to curb the fly-tipping of tyres. The council has teamed up with Lincolnshire Police and the Environment Agency to tackle the problem, and are calling on the public for information. “We need to know who is responsible for the dumping of these piles of tyres,” said East Lindsey’s head of environmental services Pat Fowler.

Dozens of tyres are being left at unauthorised spots across the district during the past month, including North Holmes Road, Louth; Rossa Lane, Trusthorpe; Upgate, Louth; and the Bluestone Heath Road, Louth.
Anyone who witnesses the tyres being dumped is urged to call the freephone fly-tipping hotline, 0800 195 5228, with the registration number of any vehicle used. The people behind the hotline say all information will be treated in confidence.

27th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Drivers Offers Free Check-up During Scottish Tyre Safety Week

Drivers, the Glasgow-based car enhancement company, is offering customers a free tyre check-up for the duration of the Scottish Tyre Safety Week, which runs from 7 – 11 November 2005.

Whilst most drivers are aware of the importance of looking after their tyres, fewer are aware that specially fitted performance tyres can enhance both the safety and performance of their cars.

23rd September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Blimps Raise Hurricane Relief Efforts

Goodyear is to use its fleet of airships to encourage donations in support of the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. The only airships with electronic day and night signs, the blimps will use their signs to promote fund-raising efforts from the American public.

Chuck Sinclair, senior vice president of global communications for Goodyear commented: “We talked about the possibility of flying signs over the affected areas, however it was agreed that the best way to offer immediate support is through an awareness campaign to alert the public where donations can be made. We recognise the relief efforts will go on for months, and we pledge our resources in support of these efforts as a way to keep the American public focused on the needs.”

5th September 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

TIC Start Tyre Checks

The TIC’s tyre safety awareness campaign is once again taking up the challenge of raising through a series of tyre checks on the roads of the North West of England next month.

The four principle police forces in the North West – Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside – will combine with the council to mount a hard hitting campaign detailing the increased risk of having an accident, particularly in the wet, if a vehicle has worn tyres. Recent research by the AA Motoring Trust indicates that worn tyres contribute to one in ten accidents in wet conditions.

25th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Drive Home Safely Campaign

Goodyear has teamed up with a number of motoring organisations to launch its ‘Drive Home Safely’ initiative. Together the group has arranged a dedicated website and road show to reduce motorists’ fears of coping with difficult driving situations.

Situations such as being followed, breaking down on the motorway alone at night, or having items stolen from their car are those being addressed by the campaign. In London during the first six months of 2005, there were almost 1,000 reported incidents of theft from, or damage to, vehicles according to the Metropolitan Police Service crime statistics.

The manufacturer intends the official website, www.drivehomesafely.co.uk, to act as a one-stop source of information for anyone affected by road security issues.

18th August 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

TIC Survey Shows Worn Tyres Up

The TIC has released its latest survey figures, based on almost 30,000 tyres checked from March to November last year. These roadside checks involved almost half of all UK police forces.

13th July 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Getting the Message Across

MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association) and RoadSafe welcomed both journalists and ‘opinion formers,’ including representatives from the AA, police and RoSPA, to the association’s test grounds in Nuneaton last month, to host comparative tyre tread depth tests and to promote the industry’s 3mm tyre replacement cause.

To read more go to Subjects in Focus

1st June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Deaths Caused by Exploding Tyres

An unnamed 19-year-old man has died after a tyre exploded while he was inflating it at his workplace. The man was working at a tyre firm in Cleland, Lanarkshire when the tyre threw him backwards into a wall, the BBC has reported.

19th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone NZ Strike Continues

Engineering staff at Bridgestone Firestone’s Christchurch, New Zealand factory have been on strike for nearly a month, with no sign of a resolution to the dispute. Around two dozen workers, all members of the EPMU union, walked off the job early last month after pay negotiations came to a standstill. Striking staff member Dave Cahill says they have had little response from the employer, apart from times when police have been called in to monitor the picket line, the NewstalkZB local radio station reported.

4th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors