Tyres are more important than jerry cans

In the light of the Government's Corporal Jones moment about not panicking over the possible fuel strike, two organisations have said that we should focus on our tyres instead.

Kwik Fit has said that 69% of cars it checked had tyres under-inflated by at least 3psi (that is typically around 10%). The company reckons it adds up to an annual bill of £1bn, due to excess fuel consumption – it takes a lot more energy to make a wheel rotate if the tyre is soft, as anyone who has tried to push a car with a flat tyre will attest.