Thomas Williams
However, I distrust articles such as this one, which are long on hype but short on essential details. I'd want to know much more about the condition of the tyres before deciding who was in the right in this case. Probably neither party.
In terms of tyre ageing, you can't beat the laws of nature, rubber dries out and hardens. Any motorcyclist will tell you that old tyres lack traction.
A while back I was watching an Australian police documentary. The cops were investigating a fatal crash where an old couples car had wrapped itself around a lamp-post on slip-road. The cause was a rear tyre blow-out resulting in loss of control.
Forensic examination showed that the tyre had failed due to age,it was about 15 years old.
I'm very distrusting of old tyres having seen plenty of failures over the past 45yrs or so.
