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With the Easter holiday approaching, caravaners and motorhomers who have purchased a PressurePro system need to check their PressurePro wheel sensors are working corectly.

Matthew Burke Says “We always see an increase in replacement sensor sales before holiday periods but the Easter holiday is always a starting point for PressurePro users to check there sensors and order replacements. As caravans and motorhomes have been stored for quite a few months over the previous year and into the new year, sensors could have expired their battery life and require to be replaced.”

aide automotive offer replacement sensors for the PressurePro Tyre Pressure Monitoring System.

With more than 2 million extra caravan holidays predicted in the UK this year, TyreSafe is reminding caravanners to make sure all of their tyres are safe for travel before taking to the road.

Caravans left standing throughout the year can develop flatspots or suffer from exposure to UV rays which may lead to handling issues or premature failure. Additionally, tyre pressures should be checked not only on the caravan, but also on the towing vehicle and adjusted accordingly to take account of the extra load.

Drivers who set off on under-inflated tyres, greatly increase the risk of suffering from rapid tyre deflation and a potentially serious accident.

Drivers who do not meet these legal requirements not only increase the risk of being involved in an accident, but can also incur fines of up to £2,500 and three penalty points per illegal tyre.

aide automotive  promote tyre safety and recommend the PressurePro LIVE tyre pressure monitoring device.

Tyre Pressure Monitoring and Brake Testing are important considerations for any company that operates company vehicles especially now that new sentencing guidelines have been introduced. At the beginning of February the Sentencing Guideline Council published it’s recommended sentencing charges for corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences causing death. These are the first guidelines for sentencing organisations not individuals.  The council uses these guidelines to help courts make decisions on sentencing organisations that have caused death through a serious breach of care of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Tyre Pressure Monitoring and Brake Testing are two ways that organisations with a driving workforce can be vigilant in avoiding accidents at work. Even in the case of an incident some of these products can assist in demonstrating a company has done everything in it’s care to protect its driving workforce. 

New guidelines, which took effect from Monday (February 15), have set out the precise financial risk that organisations face if they have not done everything possible to minimise health and safety hazards with their vehicles.  Such as monitoring their tyre pressure or ensuring brakes are tested on a regular basis

Under these new guidelines, if a work-related road death leads to a prosecution for a breach of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, the fine will be ‘…seldom less than £100,000 and may be measured in hundreds of thousands of pounds or more’.

And if conviction of corporate manslaughter is proven, the fine imposed will be ‘…seldom less than £500,000 and may be measured in millions of pounds’.

Tyre Pressure Monitoring and Brake Testing are two ways that organisations with a driving workforce can be vigilant in avoiding accidents at work. Even in the case of an incident some of these products can assist in demonstrating a company has done everything in it’s care to protect its driving workforce.

Recent statistics published by Startrescue  suggest that the recent Big Freeze has affected the condition of the UK’s roads. These conditions in turn have caused an increase in call-outs for tyre and suspension related repairs to rise rapidly in the 2009-2010 winter season. This breakdown recovery service has reported a 13 per cent increase in December and January.

Startrescue.co.uk spokesperson Ricardo Sagnella comments:  “More and more motorists are telling us that their problems are largely due to the thousands of potholes that have appeared since the ice and grit has finally cleared.”

These figures highlight the importance of checking the tyre pressure of your vehicle on a regular basis.  Monitoring Tyre Pressure regularly is made simple by a small investment in a device such as PressurePro.  This tyre pressure monitor takes the guesswork out of determining the correct tyre pressure of your vehicle.

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Kuehne and Nagel Ltd who recently purchased the product said “The product showed an increase in MPG and any air loss in the tyre,  we had a slow puncture on one of the tyres and the product highlighted this which saved us a breakdown / callout. Overall the product does what it says on the label “AirAlert”.

Waitrose have also seen the benefits of this simple and effective device and have purchased 1,000 Air Alerts to use across it’s fleet of vehicles.

To find out more about Air Alert follow Tyre Pressure Monitoring and get all the facts and product information

As britain is going through The Big Freeze maintaining vehicles becomes more important  to ensure that everything is working correctly. Employers don’t need stranded vehicles in cold wintery conditions because of issues such as flat batteries. Similarly in winter weather it’s vital to ensure that their vehicles are in top condition, regularly checking the condition of brakes and tyres can prevent accidents in icy conditions. There are a numberof  products on the market that assist through the winter.

If a company driver is stranded because the battery will not start the vehicle or simply batteries need charging to avoid them not working Check out these links to help fix battery issues

• SOS Battery Booster restores Flat Batteries starting a battery from cold or dead.
• Midtronics Battery Tester confirms a vehicle’s battery efficiency.
• Battery Charging prolongs the life of a battery by keeping it fully charged at all times

To ensure your workforce are driving a safe vehicle in wintery conditions, tyres and brakes should be legal.

• Brake Testing with BrakeCheck the brake tester for commercial vehicles .
• Tyre Pressure Monitoring to ensure your tyres are the correct vehicle PSI

During the christmas holidays motorists can help avoid being stranded by the roadside in the freezing cold because of a breakdown or even worse a serious accident by monitoring their tyre pressure before they set off.  TyreSafe issued this advice with a warning: “Drivers who fail to make these checks and adjustments significantly increase their likelihood of experiencing a dangerous tyre blowout.” “During the holiday period too many motorists suffer misery from tyre related breakdowns because they haven’t made adequate checks before setting off,” explains Stuart Jackson, chairman, TyreSafe. “Very often the cars are heavily loaded with extra passengers, luggage and presents and then head off on long, high-speed, motorway journeys. It’s essential when carrying extra weight that tyre pressures are checked and adjusted in line with the vehicle manufacturer’s recommendations. Motorists who fail to make these adjustments are much more likely to spend some of their Christmas break stranded at the roadside because of a tyre failure”.

Tyre Pressure Monitoring is a crucial health and safety check for any vehicle but even more so in the winter months. PressurePro is a device that takes the guesswork out of monitoring your vehicles tyre pressure.  Click Tyre Pressure Monitoring for more details

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Tyre Pressure Monitoringis essential to ensure all vehicles are safe. By regulary checking a companys fleet of vehicles managers can ensure that they are considering the health and safety of their drivers. A great product that enables you to keep a constant eye on tyre pressure is PressurePro. This device removes the guesswork of determining the correct tyre pressure of your vehicles.

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As Road Safety Week continues, companies should focus on keeping their workforce safe when out driving on company business. Tyre Pressure Monitoring is just one way to keep the workforce safe.  By ensuring all vehicles tyres are checked on a regular basis a business can ensure that drivers vehicles are safe and not in danger of a blow out. Also under inflated tyres make a vehicle work harder and less efficiently costing the business more money.

PressurePro is an ideal way to ensure a vehicle’s tyres are running on the correct pressure. This device has sensors that simply screw onto the tyre’s valves . The sensors constantly read the tyre pressure and transmit the pressure reading to a monitor inside the vehicle.  When a low or high-pressure condition is sensed, the monitor displays the tyre location with a flashing light and sounds an audible alarm.

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Tyre Pressure Monitoring is a crucial element of health and safety for any business as underinflated tyres cause unecessary expense on vehicles running less efficiently and at the very worse in the event of a blow out they can cost lives!

aide automotive provides two tyre pressure monitoring products. PressurePro, a wireless, tyre air pressure sensor screws onto the tyre’s valve and Air Alert, a simple warning device that blinks when a loss of PSI occurs.

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