§ 56. Mr. George Jegerasked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of public confusion about the new regulations governing motor vehicle tyre pressures, she will make a statement clarifying the degree of tolerance above or below the tyre makers' recommendations and the extent to which road conditions and the load being carried in the vehicle are to be assessed when the tests are made.
§ Mr. CarmichaelThe regulations require the tyres to be so inflated as to make them fit for the use to which the vehicle is being put.
It would not be practicable to lay down hard and fast figures to suit varying conditions without being unnecessarily rigid. When they are checking vehicles the Department's staff will be looking for tyres so under or over inflated as to be clearly liable to failure or to affect adversely the driver's control of the vehicle.