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Jul

11

Banned for being bald?

Filed Under Current affairs, Driving

This is the first in a series of blogs by Fleet Risk Consultants’s Nigel Grainger.

Do you, or more importantly your employees, know the legal minimum for tread depth for cars and vans is currently 1.6mm of tread across the central three quarters of the tyre?

Tyres with bald patches, bulges or cuts over 25mm long exposing the cords are also illegal and unsafe.

If you do, are you also aware that the penalty for an illegal tyre is 3 penalty points and a fine up to £2500. If you have four tyres that are illegal that could mean a ban from driving and a possible fine of up to £10,000.

Employers should be aware that an employee driving on business could expose the organisation to a charge of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring that same offence. This leaves the organisation exposed to similar penalties.

Most of the tyre fitting organisation will offer a service to come to your premises and check the legality of your vehicles tyres on a monthly basis. This system, if correctly used, could lead to any charges against the organisation being defended successfully.

This applies to vehicles in the UK only, the rules are different in other countries.

So as you can see being bald is no fun at all.

Nigel

Nigel Grainger is the senior consultant and Fleet Risk Management, the first resort for companies with fleets that want to have robust policies in place, to protect them and their employees.

Sarah Arrow
www.thecouriershop.co.uk
www.ArrowLightHaulage.co.uk

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