With wet and icy conditions sweeping across the UK, Kwik-Fit is urging motorists not to 'gamble with grip' and has pledged to keep British motorists safer on the roads by cutting the price of leading brand tyres until the end of January.
Kwik-Fit’s research found one-in-ten cars - the equivalent to 2.7 million nationwide - have a tyre fitted with tread that is below the current 1.6mm legal threshold. It also demonstrated that 19% of cars are being driven on tyres with tread that is below 2mm, the depth at which a number of leading national car fleet owners change their tyres.
Motor Industry Research Association 2004 research showed that, in wet conditions it takes nearly eight metres - almost a bus length extra - to stop from 50mph when you let your tyres wear down to the legal minimum of 1.6mm. It also showed that the distance required to stop increases exponentially between 3mm and the legal limit of 1.6mm.
Help is at hand as motorists concerned about how much grip is left on their tyres are invited for a free, drive-in tyre check at any Kwik-Fit centre and benefit form discounts available on selected tyres if required.
This is great news for us motorist as we see more and more driving expenses being plied on top of us.
FemaleFirst Jackie Violet