Cutting down tyre spray
23rd May 1969, Page 24
23rd May 1969
Page 24
Page 24, 23rd May 1969
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• The Minister of Transport is being asked by hauliers, in the interests of road safety, to speed up work on a new type of road surface which allows rain to sink in quickly and thus reduce the danger caused by spray from the tyres of vehicles. An approach is also being made to the Motor Industry Research Association for research into the possibility of manufacturing tyres which have the same effect.
At a meeting of the highways and traffic committee of the Road Haulage Association on Tuesday reports were received of experiments by the RRL with a porous-type layer which almost instantly absorbs the moisture from a normal shower. The cost of adding this layer was estimated at between 5s and 7s per square yard.