Tyre News

TyreSafe, the UK tyre safety charity, has partnered with road safety charity, Brake for Road Safety Week 2023. TyreSafe said the partnership aims to support Brake’s ‘Let’s talk about speed’ campaign. It focuses on demystifying and challenging drivers and passengers to be open and honest about issues related to speeding. The national Road Safety Week campaign began on 19 November. TyreSafe describes it as a significant platform to raise awareness about the critical importance of safe driving practices and the devastating consequences of speeding. Brake’s 2023 campaign highlights the serious and very real hazards and risks associated with driving too fast and on defective tyres.

Hankook has achieved several top results in the latest round of independent tyre tests of winter and all-season tyres. Hankook’s Winter i*cept and Kinergy 4S tyre lines gained several podium finishes in tests by such leading independent testers as ADAC, Auto Bild and Auto Express, scoring particularly highly in the dry and wet as well as in snow.

Bridgestone is preparing for its role as Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 supporter with its UK ambassadors, the five-time Swimming medallist, Adam Peaty, and Freestyle BMX gold medallist, Charlotte Worthington. Bridgestone’s campaign is themed around the phrase, “Prepared to perform”, and the tyre manufacturer will present insights from its ambassadors on some of the aspects of their preparation, starting with the process of visualisation.

The Firestone Roadhawk 2 Enliten summer touring tyre will be available from January 2024. Manufacturer Bridgestone says the new tyre offers “best-in-class wet grip” as well as longer mileage and 10 per cent better fuel and energy-efficiency. The sequel to the cornerstone of Firestone's revamped car tyre range integrates Bridgestone’s Enliten technology. This reduces material consumption and tyre weight, while increasing wear resistance with Bridgestone's NanoPro-Tech high-silica compound. All this makes the Roadhawk 2 Enliten an “EV-ready tyre”: a tyre suitable for fitment on vehicles using and electric or conventional combustion engine powertrain. The tyre's initial range of 17-21” sizes will cover 90 per cent of sizes in the market, Bridgestone says. 16” sizes will join the Firestone Roadhawk 2 Enliten range in 2025 for a total of 112 size variations.

In’n’Out Autocentres CEO, Jon Morgan is aiming to raise £5000 for Northampton Hope Centre by cycling across France and Belgium as part of the Ride for Hope 2023 event.

52% of all UK driving tests result in failure, but there are a wide variety of reasons for these failures. The test can be an intimidating prospect for new drivers, and around one in ten unsuccessful learners say that nerves and stress were the main factor in their downfall. Though with 12% of assessments requiring the physical intervention of the examiner to avert a risky situation, issues of competence certainly play a role too. The online car sales platform cinch has researched the top reasons for failing driving tests, offering expert advice on how to avoid these common errors.