The Importance of Maintaining Tyre Pressure on a Company Car

IF you’re a business that provides company cars for your employees, whether it is for occasional business-related journeys or for the long-term, then there will be a variety of requirements that will need to be met by the vehicles that you choose.

Ensuring that the cars your employees drive portray the right corporate image, that they are safe and that they are fuel efficient are all essential considerations, but choosing the right tyres and making sure that they are properly inflated can go a long way in regards to all of them.

Ensure Safety

The tyres are your only contact with the road, so it is vital that they are able to deliver the optimum level of traction on the road surface. Depending on the sort of vehicle it is, even cheap tyres can be perfectly suitable for this purpose, but only when they are inflated to the correct PSI.

When tyres are under their recommended air pressure it not only affects the level of grip you get on the road but also the steering. Vehicles can be pulled from side-to-side while the braking distance (the distance between when you first depress the brake pedal to when you finally stop) also increases significantly. They can also lead to the vehicle skidding on wet surfaces,

Avoid Tyre Wear

Under-inflated tyres can also wear the tread of your tyres quicker. Having the correct tread depth is essential for the safety of the vehicle and it is illegal for it to be below 1.6mm throughout a continuous band in the centre three quarters of the tread and around the entire circumference. 

Tyre tread below this level not only increases the risk of not braking in time but also means you will have to replace the tyres more often, leading to increased maintenance costs that can be avoided simply by maintaining the correct air pressure.