Newsletter - August / September 2016

Back to School

After a long, and not so hot summer, the school holidays are coming to an end. And as the preparation for the first day back at school moves into top gear, parents are being urged to ensure that cars used on the school run are fitted with safe and legal tyres.

So to help ensure you transport your precious load safely, and avoid a fixed charge of €80 and two penalty points if your tyres are below the legal limit of 1.6mm, we have compiled 3 simple checks you can do at home:

• Tyre pressure - should be in line with those recommended by the car manufacturer (see vehicle handbook)
• Tread depths - should be greater than the minimum legal tread depth of 1.6mm across the central three quarters of the tyre, around its entire circumference.
• General tyre condition - to ensure there are no lumps, cuts or foreign objects embedded in the tread.

Alternatively, if you don’t want to get your hands dirty pop into Kevin Burke Tyres in Galway City, Athenry or Labane the next time you are passing and our friendly team will check them out for you completely free of change.