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Then there was the driver ol alcohol-fuelled Fiat who, w charged with drinking driving, pleaded that he I been overpowered by fur from a rich mixture.
"You must be choking," magistrate observed. IE COMPLEX construction of mmercial vehicle tyres means it they cost a lot of money to 3ke. Thankfully the vast 3jority give incredible value nsidering the loads they carry terms of mileage and iability. For whether or not le weights are increased :hin the next couple of years longer there is an undeniable nd towards the use of a avier class of vehicle.
The motorways have caused -nmercial vehicles to adapt to angtng operational condi-is in a little over a decade.
her and longer sustained eds have imposed as great a am n on the tyres as on any ler part of the ve"hicle.
Since the advent of the steel lial tyre the operator has ned a double bonus of an reased mileage life while the 3e per unit has lagged behind ation.
Many of this type of carcass undergo a manufacturing cess where a new tread is led at the end of its first life. s manufacturer's service is ned a rebuild rather than a muld, and is claimed to pro:e a product equal in quality he original.
Ihe most common prema3 causes of tyre failure are use and accidental damage, some are attributed to a nutacturing defect. Commis are investigated by a lel appointed by the Tyre nufacturers Conference )se members include Avon as Ltd, Bergougan Tyre Co Dayton Tyre and Rubber Co Dunlop Ltd, Firestone Tyre Rubber Co Ltd, John Bull
)ber Co Ltd, Kellyingfield Co Ltd, Michelin 3 Co Ltd, Pirelli Ltd, and -oyal Ltd. But recently the el has been attacked for g secretive.
was surprised to learn from Banford, director of the ish Rubber Manufacturers, Dciation, who oversees the ling of the scheme, that it its beginnings as long ago 942. At that time the user to justify a need before a acement was granted, so e was the tyre shortage.
oday the procedure requires vehicle operator to return defective tyre to his local trader, who then says ther he believes the age is a result of misuse or iental damage. But if there opinion that the failure was result of a manufacturing _he is empowered to tor-.
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