Tyre pressure automation specialist WheelRight will be demonstrating a tyre pressure monitoring system\u00a0at the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC in Birmingham, April 26-28<\/p>\n
The award-winning technology has recently undergone a year-long trial at Welcome Break\u2019s Keele services on\u00a0the southbound M6. As part of the study, WheelRight\u2019s system measured more than 150,000 tyres \u2013 50,000 of\u00a0which were from HGVs.<\/p>\n
The need for regular tyre pressure checks in the CV sector has never been greater. A recent study, conducted\u00a0by the Road Safety Observatory, found that the UK sees approximately 25 deaths and nearly 1,500 serious\u00a0accidents every year as a direct result of defective or poorly inflated tyres.<\/p>\n
Indeed, 65 per cent of HGV drivers who took part in WheelRight\u2019s Keele study said they had experienced a tyre-related issue on the motorway at least once.<\/p>\n
The trial also uncovered widely varying tyre conditions from truck to truck. One HGV driver who used the system\u00a0was found to have a tyre pressure of 19psi, a result he initially disbelieved due to it passing the \u2018kick test\u2019 before\u00a0he set off.<\/p>\n
The WheelRight system measures tyre pressures remotely within seconds and could be the nudge drivers need\u00a0to undertake potentially life-saving checks more often. The simple \u2018drive-over\u2019 solution improves vehicle safety\u00a0and cuts costs, with daily tyre pressure checks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
John Catling, WheelRight\u2019s Chief Executive, said, \u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to showing our monitoring technology\u00a0at the Show. The impressive take-up of our system at Keele demonstrates that there is a real appetite in the CV\u00a0industry for a quick and easy means of monitoring tyre condition\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tyre pressure automation specialist WheelRight will be demonstrating a tyre pressure monitoring system\u00a0at the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC in Birmingham, April 26-28 The award-winning technology has recently undergone a year-long trial at Welcome Break\u2019s Keele services on\u00a0the southbound M6. As part of the study, WheelRight\u2019s system measured more than 150,000 tyres \u2013 50,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[516,1,651,752],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cv-show","category-news","category-trade-shows","category-international-news"],"yoast_head":"\n