Did you know that one of the most common reasons for failing an MOT is having inadequate tyres? It’s worth giving your tyres a quick check every couple of weeks, especially if your MOT is due, to ensure that you’re not driving on tyres that should really be replaced. Keeping your tyres in good nick […]

Apparently more than a third of British motorists are worried they are spending too much money on tyres because of their lack of knowledge, according to a recent survey. Over 50% also admitted they didn’t know what brand of tyres were currently on their car. This lack of awareness included simple tyre maintenance, such as […]

TyreSafe has launched a short film for businesses detailing how to lower their fuel bills as well as increase driver safety, simply by maintaining the tyres on their fleet vehicles properly. According to estimates, over a third of the cars on our roads are driving on dangerously under-inflated tyres, while over a million new cars […]

There are often 20mph zones around schools, but some Liberal Democrats have recently called for the introduction of a 20mph speed limit in all residential areas. This would effectively be replacing the current 30mph limit by a 20mph limit, but the Association of British Drivers (ABD) doesn’t feel that there is any evidence that this […]

In a recent car maintenance habits survey it appears that young drivers don’t understand the importance of regular car servicing, and are missing services either because of cost, or because they just don’t realise they are supposed to service their cars. 34 % even felt that as long as the car passed its MOT, it […]

Do you know how much tyre tread it is recommended to have on your car tyres for safety? Do you know what the legal minimum limit is? And more importantly, do you change your tyres before you reach that limit (or at least as soon as you realise they are dangerously worn)? It is one […]

It’s probably not a topic that many of us spend much time thinking about, but somebody has to keep an eye on the white lines on our roads and make sure they aren’t fading away. That responsibility falls to the Road Safety Markings Association. White lines are just one aspect of road maintenance, which also […]

When driving in bad weather conditions, the main problems to think about are the lack of visibility and the quality of the road surface and how much grip it will give your car tyres. For example, driving in both rain and fog reduces your ability to see much of the road ahead of you, as […]

If you find your car skidding while you are driving, or the steering or brakes suddenly failing, or perhaps one of your car tyres suffering a blow out, do you know what to do? Unfortunately in those situations it is easy to make things worse by braking sharply, or yanking on the steering wheel, so […]

We’ve all heard that it is safer to fly in an aeroplane than drive in a car, but every day we act as if cars are as safe as houses. However, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), the number of casualties per year rose in 2011 for the first time […]