Dubai government agency launches tyre safety campaign

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dubai, UAE -- The Monitoring & Enforcement Department at Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has recently launched a Tire Soundness campaign with a view to stepping up the awareness of road traffic safety. The Campaign will continue through the end of this month.

The Director of the Agency, Ahlam Al Feel said: "The campaign is intended to uplift the traffic education of driving instructors and learners, and instill the basic concepts of risks associated with the use of old, expired or defective tyres which are mainly responsible for major traffic accidents. These considerations prompted us to launch this campaign in summer to educate motorists and caution them against the risks of traffic accidents.

Government inspectors have checked 657 vehicles used by learner drivers, "to give elaborate explanation to instructors at driving institutes about the key points of verifying the tyre validity and highlighting the factors resulting in tyre wear or explosion such as over or under-inflation air pressure, overloading, excessive speed, tyre collision, storage under humid or high temperature weather, and failure to realign tyres mounted on the vehicle," continued Ahlam.

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Press release from Dubai Government Agency