UK kids are reminding their parents to check their tyres
Campaign is part of the third UN Global Road Safety Week
With the third UN Global Road Safety Week already under way, UK children have been reminding adults that keeping tyres in good condition helps reduce the chances of accidents and child causalities.
Using the tried and tested ‘TyreSafe 20p test’, kids have been showing parents how they can gauge whether their vehicle’s tyre tread depths are legal or not, a key factor in influencing its ability to stop.
Low or illegal tread depth (1.6mm is the UK’s legal limit) substantially increases the distance covered before a vehicle comes to a halt and, as a consequence, the likelihood of a collision with other road users or pedestrians.
The campaign is using the #SaveKidsLives hashtag at events and online to highlight the 186,300 deaths of children under 18 on the world’s roads each year.
Children are most vulnerable on the road as a pedestrian (38% of deaths) but the proportion of instances where the child is a passenger is almost as high (36%). TyreSafe continues to raise awareness in the UK on the implications of tyre safety for both pedestrians and motorists.
TyreSafe kids have been showing the adults how the 20p test is done properly for years, as you can see:
