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Motorists not always to blame for recent
spate of car accidents
10 July 2007 - The higher than normal level of car
accidents in the current unusually wet weather are not
all down to driver error, but partly due to the failings
in the maintenance of our roads, says a leading tyre
expert.
"What we are almost certainly seeing is a lethal
cocktail of wider, part worn, tyres and rutted and badly
maintained roads. Add rainwater and all too often the
result is a car aquaplaning out of control" says Tony
Bowman, MD of etyres, the leading online tyre retailer.
"Motorists seem unaware that many tyres can still be
within their legal limit, but their ability to move
water away from the main tread has been degraded to the
point that they literally float on standing water caught
between ruts. And the Government’s own figures show that
the nation’s road network is in an unacceptably poor
state."
"Frankly, I feel sorry for the motorist caught up in a
prang - in many circumstances the poor driver never had
a reasonable chance to steer out of trouble," says
Bowman.
"You can’t do anything about the state of our roads but
you can check that the sipes on your tyres – the grooves
which carry water away from the centre of the tyre –
still have enough depth to do the job. And if you are
towing a caravan, don’t even consider setting off with
worn tyres – it just isn’t fair on other motorists or
your family if you find yourself aquaplaning in yet
another summer downpour. The risk of over-turning is
just too great", he added.
ENDS
10 July 2007
Notes To Editors
1 The most recent National Roads Maintenance Condition
Survey, just published by the Department for Transport,
shows that almost one in three major roads in
Metropolitan Authorities requires remedial work to
improve skidding resistance; in London, the figure is an
incredible one in two.
2 etyres is Britain’s leading online tyre retailer –
technical information on tyre construction, tyre
regulations and etyre’s environmental commitments can be
found at www.etyres.co.uk.
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