New car tyres ‘2 years old’
TYRES on some brand new cars could be dangerous because they are already up to two years old, according to a study.
Rubber deteriorates on a wheel and cars straight off the assembly line are often left outside in storage parks before being sold on.
There are 1,000 injuries and 43 deaths a year caused by defective tyres on Britain’s roads. Older tyres, even within legal tread limits, need an extra 23 per cent stopping distance, says magazine Auto Express.
It wants sell-by dates on tyres in the UK.
A spot-check by the magazine on cars arriving at a service station on the M1 found some new cars had tyres already two years old.
