Competition winner proposes tyre checks at rock festivals

ERJ staff report (DS)

Glastonbury, UK - A competition on ways to make rock festivals less environmentally-damaging has awarded a prize to Gearoid Maher for suggesting that all vehicles queuing to enter the festival are offered a free tyre pressure check and inflation service, in order to save fuel on the return journey.

Users of the service would have their tyres inflated to proper pressure, and would receive tyre safety fact sheet to keep in their car. It's a neat solution - as Gearoid points out, under-inflation needlessly increases rolling resistance of tyres, forcing engines to burn more fuel, increasing fuel consumption by 10-15 percent.

The competition was organised by VirtualFestivals.com Judges Catherine (of Julies Bicycle), Claire (of the Association of Independent Festivals/AGF), especially liked Gearoid's idea.

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Press release from Virtual Festivals