Reply To: Part-worn tyre fitted days before 70mph motorway crash

[David]

It does not seem to me that the part worn tyre has anything to do with the tyre failing. Reading the information above I interpret that as a tyre having had three previous repairs. When a tyre has operated under inflated to such an extent that the tyre material is deflecting in various directions while in use, it is possible to the deflection of the material could impact the repairs and then the patch start to separate from the body of the tyre. We all have customers arriving at reception asking for part worn tyres because they are cheaper than new. It’s just to get by temporarily and the customer says will have a new one in due course, well of course they will. Time for the professional trade to step in and put the government in their place and just make it illegal to fit anything that is not brand new. the government are as much to blame here as anyone else.