Both here at home and in Sweden, it is checked every year whether motorists drive around on the correct tyres. In Sweden, the situation is bad for one in five drivers.
While 21 percent of Danish motorists in July were still short on winter tires, a similar tire check in Sweden shows something at least as serious.
One in five of the checked cars is fitted with tires where the monster has worn down to or below 3 millimeters.
It's not necessarily illegal. Because similar to the rules here at home, the limit for legal monster tires is only 1.6 millimetres. It just hasn't improved since the first check in 2005. So 19 years ago.
This is what Swedish Däckrazzia writes in a press release .
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– When the monster depth is 1.6 millimetres, the tires are definitely worn, says Lars Nordquist from the Norwegian Road Safety Association NTF.
The Swedish tire check was previously called Tire Raid and is a voluntary offer to have the condition of the tires checked. This year, the result is based on 968 cars checked last autumn in six of Sweden's 20 counties.
Another thing is that drivers drive with too low tire pressure. More than six out of ten motorists answered that they have not checked the tire pressure within the past month. Or they answered that they can't remember the last time it happened.
Something completely third makes the picture look like that which is the case for relatively many Danish drivers. Namely, that there is a shortage of winter tires in the summer, and that this is happening to more and more drivers.
However, the Swedes are significantly better at remembering to change their tyres. Because where 21 percent of Danes use winter tires here, it is 'only' 8 percent of Swedes.
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