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| [table=428] | Tyre safety shock
Tyre gauges 憄ut lives at risk扵he shocking state of forecourt tyre pumps, exposed in an Auto Express investigation, has been slammed by safety campaigners.[table=98%] | Text: Julie Sinclair / Photos: Derek Goard
| 10th January 2008
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Our spot check of more than 80 sites across the UK (see box) revealed 39 per cent of stations had gauges that were damaged, out of order or giving wrong readings.
With the help of Cheshire-based kit calibration firm Caltec ATC, we found a huge amount of sites had inflators which filled tyres to the incorrect pressure. This ranged from just one or two pounds per square inch (psi) out to a shocking 14psi at one forecourt.
Our survey found 19 per cent of pumps were not working at all, and only half of these carried signs warning motorists that the kit was broken. Manu facturers recommend tyre gauges are calibrated every three months, according to Caltec, but there is no legal obligation for filling station owners to do it. Motorists |
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kehabisan angin?? aiyork, kena berenang lar pasni..  |
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Post time 12-1-2008 10:08 PM
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