I went round a Sainsburys car park today and checked Visually the tyre tread depths and tyre condition (It was only a cursory visual check but I was still shocked by the results).
Of 20 cars I looked at
4 had illegally low tread on at least 3 tyres with 2 car tyres being totally smooth!
2 had one tyre below legal tread limit and the rest just over.
2 had serious sidewall damage (cuts splits or bowing edges)
1 had low pressure (for a visual check it must have been pretty bad)
I think it is shocking that people run cars with tyres in such bad condition. It is surely a false economy to put off buying tyres until the MOT test is due! I know times are hard but this is rediculous.
Of 20 cars I looked at
4 had illegally low tread on at least 3 tyres with 2 car tyres being totally smooth!
2 had one tyre below legal tread limit and the rest just over.
2 had serious sidewall damage (cuts splits or bowing edges)
1 had low pressure (for a visual check it must have been pretty bad)
I think it is shocking that people run cars with tyres in such bad condition. It is surely a false economy to put off buying tyres until the MOT test is due! I know times are hard but this is rediculous.