The Motor Ombudsman has launched a tyre safety awareness initiative ‘Make Time for Tyres’.
Dealers have an opportunity to educate their customers on tyre safety, after a survey found two in five motorists don’t know what the minimum legal tread depth is and one in 10 didn’t understand what tread depth meant.
Franchised car dealers should be working to highlight the risks of cheap alternative tyre suppliers after a Trading Standards investigation revealed that 139 of the 152 part-worn outlets were selling illegal and unsafe tyres to unsuspecting motorists.
National Tyre Distributors Association and TyreSafe is warning dealers that sell incorrectly labelled part-worn tyres face prosecution.
