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Police Call For Backup to Tackle Flat Tyre

We trust the police to keep us safe and hardly raise an eyebrow when they put their lives on the line, but when a flat tyre threatens it seems the long arm of the law must remain at arm’s length. After finding the left side front tyre flaccid while parked on a stretch of double yellow line road in Surbiton, two police officers were obliged to ignore the weighty metal jack and firm spare wheel lying a tantalising few feet away in the patrol vehicle’s boot and instead wait two hours until a breakdown van arrived.

3rd November 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

106 Vehicles Damaged as Serial Slasher Stalks Stoke-on-Trent

Residents in the former pottery town of Stoke-on-Trent, home to the UK’s premier tyre business magazine Tyres & Accessories, are being advised to be alert, as reports show that over 100 vehicles’ tyres have been slashed in the past seven weeks. Local newspaper The Sentinel reports that the Serial Slasher’s reign of (rubber) terror has so far been limited to Longton, where 73 cars have been damaged, and Stoke, in which 33 have been affected. Flummoxed police officers are appealing for help in catching the criminal, who is said to be using “either a knife or a sharp screwdriver” to slash or puncture tyres across the city.

26th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Sheffield Tyre Reclamation Plant Burns

Mancton Rubber Technologies – a tyre reclamation facility in Sheffield – has been aflame since 22:00 on 13 October and reports suggest that it could continue throughout the remainder of today after firefighters agreed to allow the fire to burn out. The 60 firefighters and nine engines at the scene are concentrating their efforts on cooling structures around the Stevenson Road, Atercliffe factory, using water from the River Don to prevent steelwork constructions from collapsing. Police say they will investigate the causes of the fire when it is no longer ablaze.

14th October 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Kingpin Tyre Fire Expected To Burn All Week

Fire crews have been tackling flames, thick smoke and fumes and piles of burning material at the premises of Kingpin Tyre in Wem, Shropshire, since Tuesday. Firefighters said several mounds of “waste rubber,” covering an area of around 60 metres had caught fire. A report in the Whitchurch Herald said that plumes of black smoke could be seen up to 20 miles away as 200 tonnes of rubber went up in smoke and that firefighters expect to battle the blaze and control smouldering material for the best part of a week.

10th September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Dog Deflates Police Tyres

'Dog bites man' might not be a newsworthy story, but how about 'dog bites tyres'?

1st September 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Stoke Pensioner Arrested Following Tyre Slash Spree

Local newspaper, The Sentinel reports that a 70-year old man from Stoke-on-Trent was placed under citizen’s arrest earlier in the week after a Neighbourhood Watch coordinator said he saw him “stab the tyres of a Ford Ka” in Sneyd Green.

28th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Judge Sentences, Penalises Rear Tyre

He’s a judge – but when it comes to tyres, he also stands in as jury and executioner. An astounding number of US news sources, including the Washington Post and the NBC network, have picked up on the tale of Charles County, Maryland jurist Robert Nalley. The circuit judge has admitted deflating the tyre of a car parked near his courthouse. One newspaper, the Daily Record, reports that Nalley went to work on the tyre’s valve because he claimed “notes on the windshield did not work.”

13th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Forged Qualifications of Tyre “Professionals” Uncovered

Fancy a promising career in the tyre world without the hassle of buckling down at your studies? Don’t fret, where there’s a will, there’s a way. But before you decide to embark on a “fake it till you make it” approach to your newly chosen profession, consider the tale of two hopeful tyre industry specialists in India.

6th August 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Hurricane Damaged Firestone Retail Centre Re-Opens

Four years after Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage throughout the city of New Orleans, Firestone Complete Auto Care has celebrated the reopening of one of its centres in the city. The outlet on Carrolton street was forced to close its doors due to damage received on August 29, 2005, and to-date has been one of only a handful of automotive retailers to have returned to the area.

“Our Firestone Complete Auto Care stores are important parts of their communities,” said Ottis Lewis, vice-president, South Central Zone, Bridgestone Retail Operations (BSRO). “Our teammates not only care about our customers, but we care about the communities that we call home. Since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it has been BSRO’s goal to reopen this store – we are thrilled to be able to serve this close-knit community once again.”

24th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Campaigns Net Thousands of Unsafe Tyres in UAE

According to the Khaleej Times, the use tyre market is alive and kicking in some parts of Abu Dhabi. Healthy demand exists for larger size commercial vehicle tyres, with examples changing hands from between Dh 200 and 700. However the country’s authorities are increasingly voicing their concern over the practice of fitting used tyres to vehicles: According to Colonel Hamad Adeel Al Shamsi, director of the Abu Dhabi Police’s Department of Traffic and Patrols, used tyres were responsible for the death of 13 persons and severe injuries of 16 persons last year. For this reason the department has intensified its inspection of substandard and worn out tyres and launched campaigns to educate motorists about the importance of safety of tyres.

16th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Midnight Fire Guts London Tyre Centre

A tyre business in Honeypot Lane in Queensbury, London was gutted by a blaze that was spotted shortly before midnight last night. The alarm was raised by workers at a nearby supermarket, who dialled 999 after hearing a loud explosion. A crew from Stanmore Fire Station was first on the scene and they quickly realised that more firefighters were needed to combat the blaze. At the height of the incident, the fire was tackled by 90 firefighters, with three aerial appliances and 15 fire engines.

Apart from quantities of acrid, black smoke, the firefighters were worried that the premises might contain propane gas cylinders and police closed nearby roads. The blaze was finally brought under control at 7am and nobody was hurt in the incident.

16th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Raybestos Taps Police Veteran as Brake Consultant

Retired cop Ronnie Faison has joined Raybestos as technical consultant and official spokesperson for the new Raybestos Police Braking System. Faison served for 35 years as equipment superintendent for the North Carolina Highway Patrol, managing one of the largest police fleets in the country, Raybestos said.

“The North Carolina Highway Patrol was involved in countless research and development tests with Raybestos product engineers at our driver training facility,” said Faison. “They are constantly striving to improve their product and that’s why Raybestos police brakes have always outperformed the competition, and why the new complete Police Braking System from Raybestos will perform unlike anything else in the fleet industry.”

In his new role, Faison’s responsibilities will include everything from product development and testing to public speaking engagements and appearing in Raybestos product spotlights and ads. (Tire Review/Akron)

14th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Police Set-Up Nets Serial Tyre Thief

A serial tyre thief in the US has been called to account for his deeds after walking into a police trap. Surveillance video released to Florida television station WFTV 9 shows a man, identified as Phu Tran, entering the car dealership where he was previously employed and rolling tyres out the door, unaware that law enforcement officers were waiting to strike. And police knew Tran would, sooner or later, be tempted to help himself to the rubbery circles – tyres and rims had been mysteriously disappearing from the Ford dealer for the last three months.

8th July 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Fulda Factory Receives Second Bomb Threat

Production at Goodyear Dunlop’s Fulda factory in central Germany had barely began to return to half-normal on Tuesday June 30 when the plant received a second bomb threat. The police was called and again the site was sealed off to minimise danger to employees and suppliers. Whether the caller is the same man alleged to have called a day earlier, causing production to stop for twelve hours, is not clear.

30th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors

Bomb Scare at Goodyear’s Fulda Factory

Goodyear reports that a factory belonging to its German subsidiary was subject to a bomb scare on June 29. The company’s Fulda facility in central Germany received an anonymous threat at 11.00am, and police were notified. Goodyear states that at this stage the caller’s genuineness cannot be ascertained, however both the police and Goodyear Dunlop are taking appropriate measures and are boosting security at the site. As part of a range of preventative measures to ensure the safety of employees and neighbouring residents, the Fulda plant was evacuated.

Police action continued during the afternoon of June 29. A police search of the works as of 3.00pm local time had provided no further information regarding the incident.

29th June 2009/by Tyrepress Editors