DANGEROUS TYRES
Trying to get a few extra miles out of a bald tyre is illegal in New Zealand and many other countries and the consequences can be disastrous. The tread of a tyre provides the bite that keeps the vehicle and the road in their proper relationship. When the tread is worn down to one-sixteenth of an inch, it is only 12 sheets of paper thick and its effectiveness as a road-gripper is largely lost. Recent studies by the United States National Bureau of Standards and other agencies show that motorists who let the tread of their tyres get below the
one-sixteenth mark increase the risk of accidents. The studies showed that the risk of failure at the one-sixteenth-inch level is 10 times that for a new tyre. Bald tyres are up to 44 times more likely to have punctures and the risk of bald tyres skidding on a wet road is up to 20 times greater than for tyres with average tread depth.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32862, 10 March 1972, Page 14
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