TYRED OUT
Easy tyre trick could save you £10 a month on fuel and help avoid £10,000 fine
Drivers urged to think about their tyres as seasons change
AN easy tyre trick could save you £10 a month on fuel and help avoid a £10,000 fine.
An expert has urged drivers to change their tyres for the summer season.
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The switch could save motorists around £10 each month and help them avoid a hefty fine.
Dan Jones, operations manager at DrivingExperience.co.uk, said: “Many people wouldn’t even consider checking that their car is fitted with the correct tyres for the season, but it is so important.
“Using the wrong type of tyres in summer will not only hit your pocket hard, but it could increase your braking distance by as much as seven and a half metres which is quite worrying.
“I urge every driver to check their car is using suitable rubber this summer.”
Jones explained that most tyres featured symbols which indicated if they were winter or summer.
He said: "With nearly 5,000 collisions on the UK’s roads over the past decade as a result of illegal, defective, or under inflated tyres, it’s a serious offence for which you could receive three points on your
licence and a fine of up to £2,500 per tyre, which could increase to a fine of £10,000 and 12 penalty points for a vehicle with four illegal tyres.”
Data released by NimbleFins says the average motorist spends around £1,095 a year on petrol.
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Those who are driving more often could be losing hundreds of pounds having to fork out more.
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If a driver's tyres are underinflated by more, the driver will be getting less efficiency from their vehicle and losing more money.
A poll of 1,000 motorists commissioned by also found that only 15 percent of road users check their tyre pressures weekly.
Experts at told : “Making sure your tyres have the correct pressure is important for your safety whilst on the road, but this isn't the only benefit as underinflated or overinflated tyres waste fuel.
"Research shows that if tyres are under-inflated can decrease a car's fuel efficiency by up to 10 percent, making the average tank of fuel do 36 miles per gallon.
“This decrease in fuel efficiency could see significant increases in the amount of fuel a person has to purchase, increasing their fuel spend every year."
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