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Lack of spare puts pressure on breakdown companies – Times

Writing in The Times on November 1st, Simon de Bruxelles says: "Nearly half of all new cars now come without a spare tyre, putting unprecedented pressure on breakdown companies called out to deal with punctures, according to a survey.

"MINI, Volvo and SKODA have abandoned the spare altogether, and other manufacturers, such as Audi, fit them only to certain models. Where a spare is fitted, it is likely to be a thin ‘space saver' that can get the vehicle to the nearest garage but is not suitable for normal driving."

1st November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear poll shows "shocking" ignorance about tyres

A new study has revealed that a shocking number of motorists still have a poor knowledge of tyres, which is putting lives at risk. The poll of 2,000 motorists commissioned by tyre manufacturer Goodyear revealed that over half of those surveyed didn't know that the legal limit for tyre tread depth is 1.6mm, 70 per cent said they didn't check their tyre pressure at least once a month and 13 per cent thought that stopping distances decreased in the wet weather. Furthermore checks on a total of 30,000 vehicles in 2012 showed that 53 per cent of the tyres that came off these vehicles were below the legal tread depth; a real concern for safety campaigners.

1st November 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Motorists want rules changed for emergency vehicles

Almost half of motorists believe that traffic stopped at an incident should keep a lane space free for emergency service vehicles, according to the latest poll by the Institute of Advanced Motorists.

They also agree that those who fail to get out of the way of an emergency vehicle should be fined. This approach is being trialled in Europe.

30th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

IGA launches free websites for members

"The Independent Garage Association (IGA) has now launched its website building service to its members, helping to bring additional business into their workshops and an opportunity to market their garage to the modern consumer" said Stuart James, RMI IGA Director.

30th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop gets face to face with dealers

As part of Goodyear Dunlop’s International Customer Service Week between 1 and 5 October, company’s customer service team visited tyre dealers, franchisees, retailers and wholesalers in no less than 54 locations throughout the UK. The aim was to build relationships and get face to face with the customer, and Goodyear took the opportunity to congratulate its customers for their continued support and cooperation following what it calls a “year of diverse internal improvements.”

16th October 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bosch Popular Mechanics' favourite spark plugs

Readers of Popular Mechanics magazine have named Bosch Spark Plugs their favourite brand in the US magazine's 2012 Reader's Choice Awards for the third straight year, Tire Review reports. More than 3,138 readers responded to the magazine survey to determine their favorites, and selected Bosch as the spark plug brand of choice from among at least 10 competing brands.

26th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Delticom offers ‘DEX’ as label alternative

One occasional criticism of the European tyre label is that, unlike the energy efficiency label, it provides more than just a single performance measurement. Delticom is avoiding such issues with its new Delticom Efficiency Class Index, or, DEX a measurement it will offer its customers in addition to the label.

25th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone launches new regional steer, drive tyres

Within Europe, Bridgestone is progressively replacing its R297 steer and M729 drive tyres with the newly-developed R-STEER 001 and R-DRIVE 001 regional application truck tyres. Commenting on the pair’s launch, which coincides with the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Germany, Bridgestone says the new tyres are “designed for robustness in versatile usage, providing high-level performance and a long lifecycle in a wide range of operating conditions.”

21st September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Independent Garage Association offers websites

The Independent Garage Association (IGA) is offering to help its members set up websites in order to increase trade. Stuart James, RMI IGA Director, explained: "Offering our members a website is helping to bring additional business into their workshops and is an opportunity to market their garage to the modern consumer."

A recent IGA survey discovered that thousands of garages are missing out on one of the most effective, efficient and up-to-date ways of promoting their business due to not having a website.

4th September 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Keeping the main thing, the main thing

Editorial/Comment

Following last month’s “Panorama” which covered issues relating to illegal tyre dumping, you could be forgiven for thinking this column has gone a bit “Radio Times.” It hasn’t, but it seems tyres are getting far more than their 15 minutes of fame this summer. While last month’s piece looked at the pros and cons of the BBC’s, shall we say, variable TV coverage (which leapt from theme to theme apparently without fully thinking through the lack of linkage between them), this time it was the turn of radio.

31st August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

India’s tyre sector heavily affected by import duty structure – survey

According to business association the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), tyre manufacturing in India is one of the sectors most affected by what it calls ‘inverted customs duty structure’. Results of a FICCI survey show the tyre sector, along with several others, are most keenly disadvantaged by the structure of India’s import duties, which charge higher duties for imported raw materials than for imported finished products.

14th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

HiQ survey suggests some young drivers swerve services

HiQ says that the results of its latest car maintenance habits survey suggest that young motorists are putting themselves at risk by failing to take their cars in for annual services. The fast fit network cites not being able to afford the cost or ignorance of the concept of an annual service as the main reasons for this trend. 34 per cent of 500 drivers questioned opted against paying for a service, relying instead on their cars passing their MOTs in a penny saving measure. 57 per cent of those deciding against a service were drivers aged between 17 and 30, suggesting that the trend is rife amongst younger motorists.

7th August 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

TyreSafe: Tyre convictions ‘alarmingly high’

The number of motorists driving with defective tyres remains at a “dangerous and worrying level, warns TyreSafe, commenting on figures recently released by the Ministry of Justice. The statistics reveal 9,639 people were convicted of driving with dangerous or defective tyres at Magistrates courts in England and Wales in 2011.

10th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

On your marks…

Road Safety Markings Association is set to carry out the UK’s biggest survey of the state of white lines. From 16 July and throughout August, more than 6,000 miles of roads in England, Scotland and Wales – including the UK’s ten most dangerous roads identified by the Road Safety Foundation – will be assessed for the quality of their central white lines.

5th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

TPMS rendered useless by apathetic component

Kwik Fit has identified a weak link in the tyre pressure monitoring systems fitted to modern vehicles – and that weak link is, it appears, you and I. The retail network commissioned a study to investigate motorist responses to vehicle warning lights – and discovered that almost a half of all drivers don’t know what a tyre pressure warning light means.

4th July 2012/by Tyrepress Editors