Preventing Accidents – Tyre Pressures

Maintaining your tyres is critical for safe driving. Checking your tyres regularly and addressing any issues will protect other road users, your passengers and yourself from harm. Poorly maintained tyres adversely affects the handling of a car, in particular in an emergency or high-speed situation. Wrongly inflated tyres or worn tyres are a factor in 20% of all road accidents.

Checking your tyre pressures weekly can improve your fuel efficiency, reduce tyre wear and make your car handle better. Not having enough air in your tyres can lead to a blow out, and the resulting accident is often very serious. For the want of a few minutes spent checking your tyres a life can be lost.

27% of vehicles are driven with the wrong level of air in one or more of the tyres. Having the wrong tyre pressure can lead to your insurance being reluctant to pay out in the case of an accident, or in some parts of the world to your being sued, heavily fined or prosecuted for negligence.

Make it a habit to check your tyre pressures on a weekly basis. If possible, use the pressure gauge at your local petrol station. They tend to be more accurate, and it is easier to adjust your tyre pressures using their air system. The correct tyre pressures for your vehicle can be found in your owner’s manual, or on the vehicle ID plate. At the same time check the depth of your tyre tread.

If you cannot rely on yourself to carry out a weekly tyre check, fit a system that will do it for you. You can buy sensors that are placed inside each tyre, which then monitor the pressure and temperature inside each tyre. Using Wi-Fi you are warned when your tyres need air or become too hot. The receiver usually just plugs into your cars cigarette lighter, or can be wired into the dashboard.

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