According to the Department for Transport one-in-three accidents happens because a vehicle fails to stop in time.
Speed is a killer when combined with poor brakes, and apparently, one-in-eight motorists could be driving with illegal or dangerous brakes according to recent research.
85% of motorists don’t know how to check their own brake discs and pads for safety. Most motorists wait until they are alerted by a brake warning light on the dashboard but of coarse, many vehicles don’t have a brake warning light and those that do often fail to alert until brakes are well in to the danger zone.
Random checks found drivers with worn brake pads, brake discs below minimum legal thickness and in some cases warped brake discs.
Some brake problems are easier to notice than others, such as a vibration through the brake pedal, which is often the result of warped brake discs. Other problems are not so easy to detect and drivers only find out about a problem when a vehicle fails to stop in time.
Well I don’t’ think motorists deliberately ignore the brakes, we rely on the garages when we take our cars in for its annual service, to inform us on the state our brakes are in, either good or bad.
But if you want to DIY it in between, there is a new website to answer your question at www.safe-brakes.co.uk
FemaleFirst Jackie Violet