"Lethal' tag for retarder
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RETREAD tyres for COME cial vehicles — marketed Mid Wales under the na Ondura — have been cl demned as lethal.
Powys County Counc consumer protection comn tee heard from chief offi Leslie Bright, last week, t] police had drawn attention the tyres.
"They are suitable for use buses and lorries but manufacturing faults t enough to render them qt unsafe," said Mr Bright.
The whole issue of the ty had been taken up with pol and the Office of Fair Tradi he added.
The tyres were found in in the Knighton area and lo hauliers had been warned the dangers of buying ch( tyres from sources other tt reputable dealers.
"These tyres are lethi said Mr Bright, "they iu defects in manufacturing a they are sold by the makers scrap but they are finding th way back on to the market.
"It is quite wrong for p firms to release such ty from their factories. TF should be slashed before tt leave the factory so that tt cannot be used," Mr Bril asserted.
Similar tyres had he offered for sale in the area the past, he added.