Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR) together with Stamford Tyres (M) Sdn Bhd has started an Tyre safety Awareness Campaign to promote tyre safety issue to road users, as a preparation to a new ruling that was made effective on the 1st of January 2010.
Under the new regulation, only tyres that fulfill the MS standards or UNECE (E Marketing) or FMVSS (Dot Marketing) are permitted to be imported and circulated in Malaysia.
The campaign, held at the R&R Seremban was targeted to educate road users on related issue in tyres security through free safety inspection conducted by Stamford staffs. Services extended by them consisted of air pressure check, tyre balancing, physical condition and tread depth of the tyres.