Dangerous car tyre covered in huge bulges spotted on the school run
A DANGEROUS car tyre plagued by bulging bubbles was spotted while a driver was dropping their kids off at school.
A council officer who was patrolling near a school in Derby photographed the tyre which would have almost certainly failed the car’s MOT.
The bubbles or bulges occur when the side wall of the tyre becomes damaged, usually from driving into a kerb or a pothole.
The structural integrity is ruined and causes the internal air pressure to create the tell-tale signs.
According to Derbyshire Live a member of Derby City Council’s public protection team pulled the driver over.
He advised the driver to head straight to a nearby garage to have a new tyre fitted.
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Motorists driving dodgy cars are contributing to hundreds of serious accidents each year.
Crash statistics from the Department for Transport revealed more than 1,500 incidents occurred on British roads where a vehicle defect was a contributory factor over a 12-month period.
Faulty brakes were the most common problem, cited in 570 of the most recent year’s figures.
But illegal or under inflated tyres caused 472 crashes, including 115 serious collisions and 14 deadly ones.
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