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Drivers stopped with these tires were allowed to drive on

A few square centimeters of rubber is all that connects a car to the asphalt. Nevertheless, this driver was allowed to drive on – i.e. directly to the workshop.

A Norwegian motorist was recently fined 2,000 Norwegian kroner – 1,256 Danish kroner – for driving around on excessively worn tyres.

In fact, the tires were so worn that there was nothing of the otherwise legal monster to be seen on the sole. Nevertheless, the person who met the police and the Norwegian 'roads' in the city of Bergen was allowed to continue.

This is written by Norwegian TV2 .

However, the police only let him go because he was given a stern warning. The car had to be taken directly to a workshop to have the tires changed.

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– When the monster depth is less than 1.6 millimetres, as in this case, a technical error message is written and the motorist is given a deadline to submit to an approved inspection hall.

– If the deadline is not met, a request will be sent to deregister the convoy, says Inge Hellebust from the Norwegian Road Administration to the media.

The Norwegian authorities could not answer whether the driver was aware that he was driving around on virtually flat tires. But the rules are actually the same here in Denmark.

Any monster under 1.6 millimeters can trigger a stall. It costs DKK 1,000 per tire if the police discover this kind of fault.

Nevertheless, a report from seven of the country's police districts, which DR has mentioned, shows that the Danes continue to drive around on too worn tires. 10 years ago, every fifth Danish car had tires so worn that they could be dangerous to drive around with.

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