tyres aged over 10-years-old cannot be used on the front steered axles of HGVs, buses, coaches or all single wheels fitted to a minibus (9 to 16 passenger seats).
The change means that if a vehicle is inspected at a Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) enforcement check, tyres aged over 10-years-old found on these positions will be considered dangerous and attract an ‘S’ marked immediate prohibition notice.
A DVSA blog post on the GOV.UK website explained: “It will also be a requirement for the manufacturer’s date code to be legible on all tyres fitted to HGVs, trailers over 3.5 tonnes, buses, coaches and minibuses. "If a tyre is a retread then the manufacturer date is taken from when the retread was carried out.”New data from Evans.
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