A disregard for the safety of everyone.

[ringway]

Working at a grammar school today I saw this.


This is a blatant disregard for the safety of all walks of human and animal life.


Far worse than using a mobile phone whilst behind the wheel.


This person is potentially out of control every time they drive this car and no matter what excuse is offered, there should be no mercy.



A couple of remoulds or even part worn tyres for this car would cost £70 or less. Outrageous


Nearside front.

Offside front.

The car belonged to a member of the teaching staff and I reported the condition of these tyres to the High Master at the school, who I later saw outside, talking with the owner of the car

I now feel as though I have failed members of the public for not calling the police.

How long have these tyres been in an unroadworthy condition?

The car is a 52 plate so will (possibly) have an MOT certificate.

Although there is no way of saying that the tyres were on the car when the MOT test was conducted, I think Plod/Vosa would be interested in the methods and principles practiced by issuing testing station.

 

[BlackC55]

Paul, we see this every single day of the week. From A140's to E55's

 

[EDZ649]

Yep, me too, I always look at peoples tyres when walking along and see this kind of thing on a regular basis.

 

[wemorgan]

A photo take last December at my local tyre centre......eveyer other tyre was as bad as this. People seem to leave it to the bitter end before changing tyres.

 

[LTD]

You should have suggested they visit WIM to have the tracking checked.

 

[trapperjohn]

3 points per tyre is it not?

 

[ringway]

Paul, we see this every single day of the week. From A140's to E55's

You're kidding?

I find this sort of thing to be unbelievable. Incredibly dangerous.

The owner of the car will be well paid and there is no excuse for the tyres to be in this condition.

In wet conditions, this car could wipe out a dozen people at a bus shelter.

 

[timk]

Saw worse today in Kingston-on-Thames - a W210 estate with tyres so badly worn, there were frayed wires poking through the rubber. Looked like a family wagon with all the paraphenalia in it, in a plush surburban side street. Some people simply never think about maintenance beyond an MOT, and take cars totally for granted without appreciating they need to keep an eye on tyres, oil levels etc. They just don't have the same mindset.

 

[ringway]

3 points per tyre is it not?

In that condition, I'm pretty sure it would be well passed worrying about points.

I'm not sure, but I think a fine of thousands is looming. Certainly so if it was a commercial vehicle.

 

[davidjpowell]

Not good to see, but I can understand to a degree how it can happen.

On the previous E my partner had mentioned that the tyres looked low on one side. It was not until a few days later that I looked and discovered that on one side on one edge I could see the cord. Needless to say new tyres followed swiftly.

It's easy to criticise, but often it's a busy life, and just not seeing which leads to the oversight. The damage can happen all too quickly also. Rather than blaming and threatening the police, a note, or as you did seeing you did not know the owner a well placed word may well be all that is needed.

If of course the owner knew about this, and did nothing that is different.

 

[moonloops]

Saw a Saab convertible the other day parked up, perfect tread but California sized cracks in the side-walls of every tyre!

 

[ringway]

Just had a quick look at the tyre laws.

A maximum of £2500 per tyre plus points.

 

[LTD]

...... this begs a question .....

We are taught to drive. Why are we not taught to maintain ?

 

[jonnyboy]

Difficult as I can see it from both sides.
Mrs JB shot out of the drive one day in the s430 when we still had it. I'd put some alloys with as-new tyres on it a few months prior, she's not known as speedy particularly, and I hardly drove it. Only really a runabout school run car (those were the days....sob) One of my chaps was doing our hedge and commented on how he was surprised that any gravel kicked up at all bearing in mind she was driving on slicks! I thought he was talking a load of old tosh as he was an exaggerator.
A couple of days later I remembered what he'd said and had a look. They were down to the cords, completely bald. I was mortified, absolutely so. Especially as a petrolhead. I think one of the reasons they can be overlooked is the very poor wear rates compared with say 15-20 years ago when I was a newish driver. Tyres seemed to last forever.
This is not an attempt to justify it at all as it is unforgiveable, but sadly all too easily done. Couple this with the generally poor basic maintenance skills of a hell of a lot of drivers and there you go.

 

[moonloops]

...... this begs a question .....

We are taught to drive. Why are we not taught to maintain ?

Nope, ignorance is bliss.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Some people just get in the car and drive, they have no idea how it works, or what is needed to keep it safe.

I find it shocking that people like this can even get a licience to drive a car!!

It should be part of the driving test that this kind of basic safety check is carried out.
I'll open a can of worms here and say that women seem to be generally greater offenders than men, due to less of an inerest in mechanical things, and I say this in broard terms, and I know there are a percentage of women who maintan their cars well, and a percentage of men who don't, and then there are a big percentage of both sexes who just don't care!

My rear tyres are down to the wear bars (with even tread wear) I check tread depth monthly (just a visual walk round check) so I need to get them changed soon, although I have a broken spring which must take priority, but at least it's all in hand.

If you don't know the basics of how it works or how to keep it safe, then you should not have a licience to drive it!

 

[BlackC55]

We get people in that do not know the diference between a service and an MOT. How is that for shocking!

Back to the bald tyres.

Some people that we advise that the tyres are bald react like its our fault that we have told them! If a tyre is bald we can't road test the car or sometimes finish/start a job on a car.

 

[Uncle Fester]

I'm in the gas industry, and people think it's my fault that their boiler is in an unsafe condition due to faulty installation and or lack of maintenance, most people know more about their TV and satelite system than the things that will potintially kill them and their families (and spend more money on the TV!!)

 

[BlackC55]

When my tyres get to theh wear bars I just look at it as an excuse to burn them out!

 

[Charles Morgan]

I am struggling to remember when I last had a car long enough to need to replace the tyres.