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A cash shortage is halting research work on the soled mystery wheel-loss synxne, warns Don Wright, airman of the British Stanrds Tyres and Wheels Techz1 Committee.
Wright says that R60,000 is eded to turn the results of a studies undertaken by the ;titute of Road Transport igineers into practical British andards.
The extra cash would pay work at the Motor Industry ;search Association which is originally to be funded by Department of Trade and iustry. Now it is believed at a change in internal regulans at the Di) has halted ending on the project. Tim man at the Road Haulage :sociation says the Dii withew its funding, alleging there was insufficient industry interest in the study. Without government support the project will have to be financed by the road transport industry, says Wright. So far there has been little response to requests to the principal truck and trailer manufacturers for financial sponsorship. Wright was involved in the 1RTE wheel loss study at MIRA last year which concluded that better maintenance would reduce the number of wheel losses, but that a detailed redesign of the fixings is required.. According to the Department of Transport, up to 10 people died on Britain's roads last year in accidents involving wheel loss. The Dip meets the IRTE on Monday to discuss funding.