The Tyred Campaign for an outright ban of all tyres older than 10 years on commercial vehicles is gathering pace, with MPs nationwide and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn throwing their weight of support behind the campaign,

Frances Molloy and son Joe with campaign message

The campaign is being run by Frances Molloy whose son Michael (18) died with Kerry Ogden (23) and driver Colin Daulby (53) in a catastrophic coach crash caused by the explosive failure of a second hand 20 year old tyre.

Maria Eagle MP

The increasingly successful campaign has now taken yet another step closer to being legally recognised as Liverpool Labour MP, Maria Eagle presented an Early Day Motion along with a ten minute Rule Bill on Thursday October 12 at the Houses of Parliament. Then on Tuesday, October 31 the proposed new Bill will be fully presented in Parliament.

This is not the first time the Bill has been heard in Parliament as it was proposed in 2016 but never reached a ‘second reading’ due to lack of Parliamentary support. However, both Maria Eagle and Frances Molloy are confident that this time the Bill will succeed and progress towards the next stage of the proposed legislation becoming law.

Maria says: “This simple piece of legislation will not cost anything for the Government to implement but will save lives. A change in the law is long overdue as quite frankly it is unbelievable that commercial vehicles including buses and coaches are still allowed to carry passengers without any legal age limit on the tyres that are fitted.”

Frances adds: “This development is a massive step forward for the campaign which we never really expected to materialise so soon after Tyred was launched in the summer. Securing the Early Day Motion and Ten minute Rule Bill will significantly increase our ability to lobby members of Parliament and eventually bring about the ‘common sense’ change in tyre law that we are looking for.”