TEMERLOH – Vehicle owners are urged not to use retreaded tyres and winter tyres as several road accidents in the country have been found to involve tyre failure.
Pahang Road Transport Department (JPJ) director, Datuk Zakaria Man said even though at the moment there were no studies done to prove the two types of tyres contributed to accidents, their usage needed to be curtailed as several accidents were found involving retreaded tyres.
“Retreaded tyres are popular because they are far cheaper than new tyres which have risen in price in tandem with the rise in rubber price in the world market lately,” he told reporters after attending a JPJ Temerloh Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house here.
He said retreaded tyres were also likely to explode as the rubber layer was thinner when it was further retreaded to accommodate new treads.
“In the case of winter tyres, they are used tyres from abroad which are not suitable to local road conditions in terms of the surface and temperature which could result in vehicle skidding,” he said.
Source: Bernama