{"id":6941,"date":"2011-09-20T15:50:43","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T15:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2023-04-04T09:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T08:44:38","slug":"nearly-half-drive-on-illegal-tyres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6941","title":{"rendered":"Nearly Half Drive on Illegal Tyres"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This <s>story in Exchange &amp; Mart<\/s> (and covered elsewhere) reveals that nearly half of British motorists are driving on illegal tyres &#8211; risking fines and penalty points, as well as lives.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tread_gauge.jpg\" alt=\"Tread Depth Gauge\" class=\"wp-image-6942 lazyload\" title=\"Tread Depth Gauge\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The specification for tyres is that they should have <strong>a minimum of 1.6mm of tread across the middle three-quarters of the tyre&#8217;s width, and all around the edges, plus they should have no cuts, bulges, or other damage to the sidewalls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone caught driving on illegal tyres will get at least 3 points on their licence &#8211; but if all four are defective then it is a straight ban. And you can be fined up to \u00a32,500 per defective tyre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measuring them is simple. You use a small tool like the one shown here, and available for a few pounds from Halfords or any motorists&#8217; parts store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it isn&#8217;t just ignorance that leads to people driving on illegal tyres. The recession has just added to the problem of people who can&#8217;t afford to drive having jalopies that are simply not roadworthy. Driving is seen as a right and not a privilege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I notice on forums where young drivers hang out that the main topics are how to get cheap insurance, how to buy a cheap car, and how to fix things like broken exhausts and cracked windscreens &#8211; without having to pay someone to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4532794719633406\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story in Exchange &amp; Mart (and covered elsewhere) reveals that nearly half of British motorists are driving on illegal tyres &#8211; risking fines and penalty points, as well as lives. The specification for tyres is that they should have a minimum of 1.6mm of tread across the middle three-quarters of the tyre&#8217;s width, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6941\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}