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Saudi- Old tires blamed for expressway accidents
(MENAFN- Arab News) A recent traffic study showed that more than 60 percent of accidents occurring on expressways were caused by burst tires which were either worn or had expired validity dates an informed source at the General Traffic Administration in Riyadh told Arab News.
The source warned drivers on the consequences of using worn tires or tires of poor quality.
He emphasized that a driver should examine all four tires before he starts a journey especially on long journeys.
Over 800 traffic accidents occurred on the Jeddah-Madinah expressway and 500 on the Jeddah-Makkah Expressway killed 700 last year with hundreds more wounded.
Muhammad Al-Qahtani said he was a victim of a crippling traffic accident two years ago because he did not check his tires when he started on a four-hour journey from Jeddah to Madinah. He had bought cheap tires with expired validity date from a tire repair shop on the expressway. Now he is crippled for life moving around in a wheelchair.
Abdul Aziz Al-Jandabi said that by the end of summer vendors start selling fake or outdated tires to domestic tourists who begin visiting tourist locations in the Kigndom. He demanded that authorities should take measures against all factories involved in the production of defective tires and shops and markets selling imitation tires or those with expired validity dates.
Tariq Bahasan said traders of poor quality tires should be shamed and their fines should be doubled because they are the real culprits who cause fatal accidents in the country.
Adil Al-Shahri said the sellers of poor quality tires are exploiting low income groups and poor university students because a new set of car tires now costs more than SR1000 even though they are the cheapest quality.
Ahmed Al-Fariedi attributed the sale of poor quality tires to inadequate supervision of the tire market by concerned government departments. He urged authorities to beef up their monitoring by increasing the number of field inspection staff.
The source warned drivers on the consequences of using worn tires or tires of poor quality.
He emphasized that a driver should examine all four tires before he starts a journey especially on long journeys.
Over 800 traffic accidents occurred on the Jeddah-Madinah expressway and 500 on the Jeddah-Makkah Expressway killed 700 last year with hundreds more wounded.
Muhammad Al-Qahtani said he was a victim of a crippling traffic accident two years ago because he did not check his tires when he started on a four-hour journey from Jeddah to Madinah. He had bought cheap tires with expired validity date from a tire repair shop on the expressway. Now he is crippled for life moving around in a wheelchair.
Abdul Aziz Al-Jandabi said that by the end of summer vendors start selling fake or outdated tires to domestic tourists who begin visiting tourist locations in the Kigndom. He demanded that authorities should take measures against all factories involved in the production of defective tires and shops and markets selling imitation tires or those with expired validity dates.
Tariq Bahasan said traders of poor quality tires should be shamed and their fines should be doubled because they are the real culprits who cause fatal accidents in the country.
Adil Al-Shahri said the sellers of poor quality tires are exploiting low income groups and poor university students because a new set of car tires now costs more than SR1000 even though they are the cheapest quality.
Ahmed Al-Fariedi attributed the sale of poor quality tires to inadequate supervision of the tire market by concerned government departments. He urged authorities to beef up their monitoring by increasing the number of field inspection staff.
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