New tyre laws ?

[Canada Al]

I just read about some new tyre laws on this forum  . Is this a proposed thing or is it set in stone . What are these new laws ? The post mentioned five years ? Can anybody enlighten me ?
Yes I know I am in Canada and the laws here are different but my vehicles are in storaqge in the U.K and I may ( not bloody likely ) come back some day .

[defenderdan]

I don't know if the law has been passed or just proposed but it's basically an expiry date on tyres of five years. So at five years old even if they are still perfectly fine with loads of tread and currently an mot pass they go in the bin :(

[Canada Al]

:shock: What a crock . How are they giong to work that ? What about all the low milage vehicles .

[defenderdan]

I guess that it will become part of the mot to check tyre expiry date and if you got caught by the plod you would get a fine, some points, and a VRO (vehicle rectification order). In respect of low milage vehicles i don't think they give a t**s or they wouldn't make you pay full rate for tax either. Even the tyres on a vehicle that doesn't go far will still degrade though, possibly quicker than a daily driver as they just perish.

[Budgie]

So remoulds will be out then, unless the carcass is less than 5 years old!!
And what do they intend to do with all these "scrap" tyres? They have enough problems getting shot of them now!  :roll:

[jjsaul]

And unless they start by educating everyone in decoding the numbers on the side of tyres it aint gonna work anyway...

Half the people out there dont understand the size numbers  :lol:

[paul_humphreys]

Anyone got a link to the news/tyre law?

Paul

[defenderdan]

I read it in LRO ages ago

[Budgie]

Just searched through the DfT site and can't see anything on there.  :-k

[Richard-E]

I don't know about this alleged new law, but tyres do degrade due to the effect of UV light and weather, in addition to normal running wear.

Putting a timescale on this deterioration seems impractical as it depends on how and where the tyres are kept - on a vehicle, outside or in a garage or in storage.

I have had to change tyres on my Range Rover and my caravan due to ageing, when inspection by the "eye-ball Mk I" showed deterioration evidenced by cracking of the rubber.

Remoulds should not pose a problem as new rubber is applied to an existing carcase, the whole being subject to the relevant British/EU standards.

As today's gem of useless knowledge, airlines will only accept one-in-four new tyres, because they are prone to failure on the first landing. The other three have to be remoulds as they have proved themselves to be sound.
 :roll:

[annabelle]

:shock: Wonderful, something else to throw in a land fill.  As a child I lived in Kenya and was always impressed at how the locals recycled tyres into practical footwear...............