{"id":28490,"date":"2020-11-16T09:50:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T08:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=28490"},"modified":"2020-11-18T16:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:43:30","slug":"motorist-with-two-defective-tyres-stopped-by-waterford-gardai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/motorist-with-two-defective-tyres-stopped-by-waterford-gardai\/28490","title":{"rendered":"Motorist with two defective tyres stopped by Garda\u00ed in Waterford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na recently stopped the driver of a car dangerously travelling with two defective tyres.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Waterford Roads Policing Unit stopped the motorist to discover their car had two unroadworthy tyres, both of which with an illegal thread depth of less than 1.6mm and cracking on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>Garda\u00ed say a fixed charge penalty notice (FCPN) was issued and the owner was instructed not to drive the car any further until the issue was fixed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28492\" style=\"width: 1085px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-12.02.22-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1085\" height=\"617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-12.02.22-PM.png 1085w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-12.02.22-PM-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-12.02.22-PM-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-18-at-12.02.22-PM-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pic: @GardaTraffic Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Road Safety Authority (RSA) states that by law, it is a driver\u2019s responsibility to make sure that their vehicle meets legal requirements and is in a roadworthy condition at all times.<\/p>\n<p>If you drive with damaged or worn tyres, you are putting your own life and the life of others at risk. 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