Bald tyres on a car

C_Ronaldo

If you get stopped by the police and they inspect your tyres can they give you a fine or points on your licence or both if the tyres are bald

Badger_Lady

Yes. . . . . . . . . .

Stageshoot

£60 and 3 points for EACH tyre that is under the legal tread limit

Stephen_Leak

And rightly so, especially at this time of year.

There are "wear indicators" - little bars across the bottom of the tread - at 1.6mm, the legal limit.

For practical purposes, I would recommend starting to shop around for new tyres as soon as they get to 3mm. Below this, the amount of grip is significantly reduced.

This is one reason I always get my oil & filter changes done at National Tyres - not only do they do this cheap, they also always note your tyre tread depth, in case they can try to sell you some new ones!

C_Ronaldo

Before soemone says is it me with the bald tyres, its not, i check my tyres regulary as i want to be safe, its someone i know who has bald tyres, if the driver has had his licence for under a year is the penalty worse as opposed to someone who has had a licence for 3 years

ariba10

It matters not how long the offender has held a licence.

southernscouser

I believe this also applies if your spare tyre is un-roadworthy. It is not an offence however if you do not carry a spare.

hartcjhart

They could also impound the car as being dangerous

pompeyrich

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

Before soemone says is it me with the bald tyres, its not, i check my tyres regulary as i want to be safe, its someone i know who has bald tyres, if the driver has had his licence for under a year is the penalty worse as opposed to someone who has had a licence for 3 years

As said it is 3 points per offence, although it willk only count as 3 total for totting up purposes. As a newly qualified driver, this is halfway to a revokation of the drivers licence, 6 points in 2 years mean you have to start as a learner again, so yes it is the same but worse, if that makes sense, as just one speed offence would mean "L" plates theory and practical tests etc. etc.

epninety

£60 per offence only if a fixed penalty notice is offered and accepted. If you go to court, the fine could be £2500 per offence.

Iamthesmartestmanalive

In a way he is more likely to get double here

In my own experience, 1 tyre barely under they will tell you to get it done if you say you didnt realise

If you have 2 it shows that maybe you didnt care and hammer you