Think Safety – Think Tyres!
Your vehicle’s only contact with the road surface is its tyres, so it’s vital you chose the appropriate tyres and keep them correctly maintained.
The advice below is provided by the Irish Tyre Industry Association.
While modern tyres are precision engineered to offer many thousands of miles of trouble-free motoring, they do require regular maintenance to ensure they continue to operate at their peak, maintain their performance and improve their longevity.
We recommend that motorists check all of their tyres (don’t forget the spare) at least once per month and always before embarking on a long journey or a journey under unusual loading conditions.
• Check all tyre pressures when the tyres are cold using an accurate pressure gauge (Top up or deflate as necessary to reach the pressure recommended by your vehicle manufacturer, ideally you should check your tyre pressures on a fortnightly basis to maintain optimum performance).
• Check tread depth using a tread depth gauge, or at the very least by visually inspecting each tyre to ensure that sufficient tread depth above the tread wear indicator (TWI — rubber blocks set into the tyre’s tread at a depth of 1.6mm).
REPLACE ANY TYRES WITH INSUFFICIENT TREAD DEPTH IMMEDIATELY.
The legal minimum tread depth in Ireland is 1.6mm.
• Visually inspect each tyre and remove any stones or other objects embedded in the tread. Check for damage like cracks, lumps or bulges, and get anything suspicious checked by a tyre specialist as soon as possible.
More information on tyre safety also is available on the Road Safety Authority website www.rsa.ie.
Your vehicle’s only contact with the road surface is its tyres, so it’s vital you chose the appropriate tyres and keep them correctly maintained.
The advice below is provided by the Irish Tyre Industry Association.
We recommend that motorists check all of their tyres (don’t forget the spare) at least once per month and always before embarking on a long journey or a journey under unusual loading conditions.
• Check all tyre pressures when the tyres are cold using an accurate pressure gauge (Top up or deflate as necessary to reach the pressure recommended by your vehicle manufacturer, ideally you should check your tyre pressures on a fortnightly basis to maintain optimum performance).
• Check tread depth using a tread depth gauge, or at the very least by visually inspecting each tyre to ensure that sufficient tread depth above the tread wear indicator (TWI — rubber blocks set into the tyre’s tread at a depth of 1.6mm).
REPLACE ANY TYRES WITH INSUFFICIENT TREAD DEPTH IMMEDIATELY.
The legal minimum tread depth in Ireland is 1.6mm.
• Visually inspect each tyre and remove any stones or other objects embedded in the tread. Check for damage like cracks, lumps or bulges, and get anything suspicious checked by a tyre specialist as soon as possible.
More information on tyre safety also is available on the Road Safety Authority website www.rsa.ie.
