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Getting the Message Across

“The UK aftermarket industry must play a key role in bringing the findings of new research into tyre performance to motorists’ attention” – this was RoadSafe’s message at its recent ‘safety in the wet demonstration,’ a message it successfully managed to impress on guests.

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.

Guests were offered the opportunity to take part in a practical demonstration that aimed to further impact the tyre safety message. Four cars, each with one of the specified tread depths, 8mm, 4mm, 3mm or 1.6mm were available for guests to complete wet braking tests. The results were strikingly clear, the lower the tread depth the longer and further it took to stop the vehicle. A simple exercise, a simple message; yet despite the simplicity a large percentage of motorists drive on illegal levels of tyre tread. What the 3mm working group says is that it’s up to the UK tyre industry to do something about this and promote change.

1st June 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

TIA Objects to NHTSA Denial of Reserve Pressure Request

(Akron/Tire Review) TIA expressed its disappointment that the National Highway traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) turned down the RMA’s petition to establish recommended cold inflation pressure using a tyre pressure reserve.

TIA had supported RMA’s petition, in which the association asked that NHTSA include in its TPMS regulations a stipulation that a reserve tyre pressure sufficient to allow tyres to carry the maximum load of a vehicle be included in the threshold for a TPMS trigger point.

25th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Ford Issues Tyre Aging Warning

(Akron/Tire Review – Courtesy of Detroit News, By Jeff Plungis)

Ford Motor Co has become the first US vehicle manufacturer to warn customers that they should replace older tyres, even if the tread is not worn out.

Ford officials said the move comes in response to a growing body of research that suggests tyres deteriorate as they age and can experience tread separations and other failures, even if they look robust.

24th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Launches £2 million Ad Campaign

Goodyear has spent in excess of £2 million on launching its new RunOnFlat campaign to the UK media. The manufacturer has also hired a Hollywood director to deliver its first television advertising campaign for ten years.

Motorists will be able to view the new TV commercial from the 1st June. The advert was created by Leagas Delaney, London, and shot in Australia by Alex Proyas, director of last year’s Hollywood blockbuster I Robot. The advert will run in 16 European countries and kicks off an advertising campaign which includes TV and print advertising, public relations, and web and in-store activities in Goodyear’s 500 Hi-Q fitting centres.

19th May 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Scotland’s Tyres give ‘Cause for Concern’

The number of worn and defective tyres on Scotland’s roads is still a cause for concern, says the Tyre Industry Council (TIC). Analysis from last year’s tyre checks has indicated that the number of badly worn tyres, having a tread depth at or below 2mm, is 17 per cent.

Roadside tyre checks carried out by Strathclyde Police late last year showed that 9.6 per cent of cars and light vans had one or more tyres below the legal limit.

4th April 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

ATS Euromaster Makes ‘In Roads’

ATS Euromaster has introduced a new customer reward scheme in a bid to strengthen its support for managers of small to medium size fleets. The ‘In Roads’ scheme, which is being supported by Michelin, is designed to provide an extensive package of business and driver benefits, explains the company.

Dedicated support packages will be offered covering duty of care, specialist technical advice, a business fund redeemable against business products and services and a clear environmental policy. Regular reports and statements will also be provided together with fleet management software.

21st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

More Tyre Safety Statistics

The TIC has released further results from last year’s roadside tyre checks that highlight an increase in the number of defective tyres on Britain’s roads.

West Midlands Police has revealed a disappointing seven per cent rise to 17 per cent in the number of cars and vans with defective tyres on the county’s roads.

21st March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

‘Think Before You Drive’

Bridgestone and the FIA have launched a joint global road safety campaign. Designed to help reduce road deaths, the ‘Think Before You Drive’ campaign is due to be launched in May at the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix in Barcelona.

3rd March 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

21st Annual Tire Industry Conference

Clemson University will host the 21st annual Tire Industry Conference from 9 to 11 March at the Hilton Head Marriott Beach & Golf Resort in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Tire Review has reported. The conference will focus on changing facets of the tyre industry and how tyre and automotive manufacturers and consumers are affected. Twenty presentations will be conducted by representatives from the tyre manufacturing industry, academics and government. The impact of the economy on the tyre industry, vehicle dynamics and how the industry is addressing tyre safety issues are other issues that will be addressed at the conference. In addition, tyre-monitoring technologies, retreading, scrap tyres and the safety of oversized tyres promise to be hot topics, according to the magazine.

14th February 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Defective Tyres Rise on Leicestershire Roads

Further results from the TIC’s 2004 tyre safety campaign show a four per cent increase, to 17 per cent, in the number of defective tyres in use on the roads of Leicestershire.

In 2003 Leicestershire recorded that 13 per cent of vehicles checked had at least one tyre at or below the 1.6mm legal requirement. The national average is 12 per cent.

Leicestershire Constabulary’s road safety officer, PC John Budulis said: “I am very disappointed that so many people put not only their own lives at risk, but many other people’s by driving about on defective tyres. It only takes a few seconds to check the condition of your tyres, but very few people take the time to do so. Leicestershire Police are committed to making our roads safer and will continue to enforce the tyre legislation.”

17th January 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

TIC Records Results

Results from the North West England Tyre Safety Campaign held in October 2004 have shown “a substantial reduction in the number of danger tyres on vehicles on the roads,” according to the TIC.

Police checks identified that the number of tyres below the legal minimum tread depth had fallen by just over four per cent compared with the previous year’s campaign.

7th January 2005/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Supplies Luxury Cars

Goodyear runflats have been selected for fitment on the new Rolls Royce Phantoms. The company claims its runflat technology offers this luxury vehicle “the highest possible tyre safety available on the market.” Goodyear will produce the Eagle NCT 5 EMT for the Rolls-Royce Phantom in its plant in Fulda, Germany available in 255/50 R21 (front) and 285/45 R21 (rear) sizes. At six metres long, weighing almost 2.5 tons and with a 460 PS V12 engine capable of accelerating the car in 5.9 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h, the elegant Rolls Royce Phantom is one of the world’s most luxurious cars.

Goodyear also supplies runflats for the Cadillac CTS-V high-performance luxury saloon, and 2005 Corvette.

30th November 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Scottish Tyre Safety gets Record Airtime

A record number of radio stations are taking part in this year’s Scottish tyre safety campaign. 18 local and national Scottish radio stations are supporting this year’s tyre safety initiative by echoing the TIC’s tyre safety messages as part of a “down the line” radio promotion.

2nd November 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Retailers Strengthen Voice Through the TIC

Nick Gregg, group managing director at ATS Euromaster, has been appointed to join the Tyre Industry Council later this year, strengthening the retail representation on the Council.

The TIC claims that its tyre safety work is expanding, particularly in the area of tyre safety clinics and roadside tyre checks, and so welcomes the support from retailers as well as tyre manufacturers.

7th September 2004/by Tyrepress Editors

Beru Increases Revenues by 23%

Beru Aktiengesellschaft (Ludwigsburg, Germany) increased its total revenues in the first quarter of the 2004/05 financial year (1 April – 30 June, 2004) by 23.2% to €85.5 million (1 April – 30 June, 2003: €69.4 million). A high level of growth in the company’s youngest division, Electronics and Sensor Technology, made a decisive contribution (12.5% organic growth) to earnings achieved by the group, but not the tyre pressure monitoring system. Net income rose by 20.3% to €7.7 million after €6.4 million in the same period of last year. As a result, earnings per share reached €0.77 after €0.64 in the prior-year quarter.

20th August 2004/by Tyrepress Editors