CAUSE OF MANY PUNCTURES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 184, 6 August 1925, Page 18 (Supplement)

CAUSE OF MANY PUNCTURES.

SPLINTERS FROM TRAM RAILS.

Before the vogue of the concrete roads in Auckland motorists sought the smooth running of the tram, lines almost universally even tnough most of them know that there was a danger of picking up steel splinters and puncturing ihair tyres. ■ Fortunately there is good running in the city and suburban streets now without seeking the comforting rails. The point still remains, however, that the tram lines constitute a serious menace to tyres. If you are in doubt on the point visit the repair shops and see the strips of steel that have been taken from tyres. The writer in one instance saw half a bucketful of steel strippings, from an inch to four inches long, taken from punctured tyres. It was good business for the repair man but bad luck for the owner. The latter had in most cases, however, only himself to blame. Where the tram rails continually present a menace to tyres is at intersections and points and the driver would do well to avoid them whenever possible. Punctures come easily enough without debberately courting them.