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AGEING TYRES COULD KILL

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AGEING TYRES COULD KILL

AGEING TYRES COULD KILL
AGEING TYRES COULD KILL

AGEING TYRES COULD KILL

Too old to be driving about when fitted to your cars.

There has been an increase of tyre related accidents. Naturally, due to the  increase of drivers buying part worn aging tyres. Many of these aging tyres are from breakers yards. For that reason, are well past there sell by date and not fit for the road.

Compounds containing anti-oxidising chemicals. Are used to slow down the natural aging process of rubber. Thus,  in new tyres. The problem arises. because, the tyre becomes older than five years old. On the other hand Michelin and Continental. As expected, say that, under the right conditions a tyre could last up to ten years.

AGEING TYRES

Like anything else you should check out your tyres for any cracking and bulges or bubbles appearing on the sidewall area or the tread area. The tyre in the image could have been running under pressure, but it could also be over age?

The date when the tyre was manufactured is embedded into the tyres sidewall. It tells you the week and year that the tyre was manufactured. In the past few years, cash-strapped motorists have been buying part-worn tyres.

What people do not realise

is that many of these part worn tyres have been sold illegally. In the 1990’s, we had a similar economic downturn and laws were passed to curb the number of worn tyres that were sold.

These laws allowed the sale of

part worn tyres, provided they were inspected and tested in a correct manner. This resulted in an improved situation, until recent times. All sorts of rubbish-worn tyres are now been sold to the public.

In recent times, we have seen tyres with cuts, nails, bubbles, screws and, worst of all, ageing tyres that are passed their best and full of cracks.

Eric
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