For the 2nd time this year, Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) in Abu Dhabi, Al Masaood, Bridgestone and RoadSafetyUAE came together to improve the awareness for tyres among truck drivers and to express gratitude for the hard work of truck drivers.
The aggregate total of both campaigns held at Abu Dhabi’s Mussafah truck weighing station saw a total of 640 truck tyres checked, with 3% showing dangerous levels of under-inflation and 6% of over-inflation. Even more dangerous, 5% of tyres were damaged and 8% of tyre valves were not accessible.
Tyre rotation (from front to back and left to right) can play an important role in extending the life time of a tyre and 46% of tyres need this kind of re-mounting. Valves are vital to keep tyres pressurized and valve caps are crucial to prevent valves to malfunction, hence the surveyed 44% of missing valve caps are unsatisfactory.
In addition to the tyre checks, more than 150 truck drivers have received goody-bags as appreciation and have been given tire safety awareness sessions about the importance of properly inflated tyres, the connection of tyre pressure to load, speed, increased outside temperature and the resulting inside tyre temperature.
