TYRE SAFETY LAWS
CTRICTER law on tyre stan- ; dards are to be introduced in Britain, the Minister of Transport (Mrs Barbara Castle) announced. The law ; is likely to stipulate that it will be an offence to use a ' tyre if the tread does not show a clearly visible pattern i
across at least three-quarters of its width. The National Tyre Distributors’ Association in Britain is urging that regulations should provide for a minimum tread thickness of two millimetres, a standard already used in several parts of the United States and in several European countries.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 9
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94TYRE SAFETY LAWS Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31154, 2 September 1966, Page 9
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