Tyre and Alignment Check Scheme
With your NHS badge in hand and account code 78UNIVER, you can now visit any of the local PROTYRE branches for a free tyre pressure and wheel alignment check plus discounted alignment adjustments if required.
Why is this important? Pollution from cars exhaust pipes is actually less than the emissions coming from their brakes and tyres. This is leading to serious health problems and as much as 28% of microplastics in the ocean.
Protyre has found that 48% of cars have misaligned wheels. Data from Bridgestone suggests that 2.5 degrees of wheel misalignment causes 20% more tyre wear and increases fuel use, too.
As Mark Longden from RL Automotive explained, "ensuring proper wheel alignment could help to clean our air and decrease carbon emissions. The loss of fuel economy could be the equivalent of £5 on a tank of fuel or several kilometres of lost electric vehicle range."
New Research into the health Impacts by Mark Ashworth - Ex GP, now researcher in Preventative Healthcare and links with Sustainability - Kings College London
Mark has been studying impacts of air quality on health by data mining anonymised patient consultations and prescriptions data. He was able to find significant correlations with air quality readings for both NOx and Particulate Matter.
25% rise in NOx leads to:
- 7% rise in respiratory consultations (children)
- 5 % rise in inhaler prescriptions (children)
25% rise in Particulate Matter leads to:
- 6% rise in respiratory consultations (children)
- 2 % rise in inhaler prescriptions (children)
Now you can see why we have organised this staff discount and promote it on the sustainability pages.
Other ways to reduce your driving emissions:
- Try to avoid driving! – Walk, cycle, public transport
- Drive an economic vehicle – when choosing a vehicle, as well as electric drive, also consider the size and weight of the vehicle.
- Eco Driving – learn how here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55tyMR_d-tc
