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Type pressure iPhone app launched

Posted by Greg Throughton


Caravan water heater owners who have a penchant for gadgets will be interested to hear that TyreSafe has released an iPhone app designed to make gauging tyre pressures easier.


Released to coincide with tyre safety month, the app requires users to input their car's registration details, before revealing the manufacturers recommended tyre pressure values.


Stuart Jackson, the TyreSafe chairman, said that many drivers have told the tyre safety organisation that they do not check their tyres as they simply don't know the correct pressures needed.


He added: "The new TyreSafe iPhone app completely removes this problem and instantly provides drivers with their car’s tyre pressure information in the palm of their hand."


TyreSafe warned that blow outs can occur if a tyre's pressure is at an incorrect level which can be extremely dangerous as this usually happens at high speed when the tyre heats to high levels.


The organisation recently said that inserting a 20p coin into a groove on the tyre is a simple way of determining if it is safe to use on the road, as if the inner rim of the coin remains visible the tyre needs changing.