As children return to school, parents are being urged to ensure cars used on the school run are fitted with safe and legal tyres.
To help ensure parents transport children safely - and to avoid a fixed charge of €80 and two penalty points if tyres are below the legal limit of 1.6mm - Kevin Burke Tyres has compiled three simple checks every driver 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, pop into Kevin Burke Tyres in Riverside, Galway city; Furzeypark, Athenry, or Crowe Street, Gort, and the friendly team will check them out free of change.
