Riding on defective or bald tyres

This can carry a fixed penalty of £60.00 and three points, but if you go in front of the Magistrates' you can be fined up to £2,500.00 and you can be disqualified.

Defective tyres can mean anything from having unsuitable tyres (for example racing slicks or knobblies), a cross ply and radial mix, a tyre under inflated so that it is dangerous, a break in the tyre (look out for this especially if you get your bike out from over wintering), a tyre where any ply or cord is showing or the grooves in your tread pattern of the tyre do not have the depth of at least 1mm throughout the continuous band of three quarters of the width of the tyre. If you have a dodgy front tyre and a dodgy back tyre that is two offences and you can receive a fine and points for both.

Facing prosecution?  Contact our sister organisation Motor Defence Team on (0800) 2800912 or go to their website at www.motordefenceteam.co.uk

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