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Local police in Cartagena, with the participation of its newly created NGOs involved, and technical ITV., Have been launched since early morning today a pneumatic control campaign in order to inform about the importance of keep proper maintenance of the wheels of vehicles to avoid accidents.
This campaign, which is not a sanction has been made in the Alameda de San Antón, across from El Corte Inglés, with the presence of the Councillor for Citizen Security, Javier Herrero, who has emphasized the voluntary aspect of this campaign, whose only intention is to help the driver know how to detect when a tire is in poor condition.
Thus, the wheel is inspected with a depth gauge tire tread and gives recommendations to the public, so they can avoid traffic accidents because of bad condition of the tires, said Smith.
The action has been launched in Cartagena is a collaboration between the Ministry of Universities and Research Company, under the Directorate General of Industry, Energy and Mines, and the dealers of the Public Service ITV, and is supported by a study at the University of Murcia on the importance of the conservation status of the tires have on road safety.
According to the report, a high percentage of the accidents associated with vehicle defects is due to a poor state of the tires.
The lack of vehicle maintenance is the main cause of the poor condition of the tire and through adequate monitoring and preventive inspections defects could be detected almost immediately.
In this sense, the issues addressed by the UMU study shows that through the work of the Stations of Vehicle Inspection, prevents about 87 accidents a year.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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