Does this look safe to you?

[Jerram]

After seeing film at Chermside on Tuesday, I was travelling back to the CBD for work. I do enjoy occasional tastes of public transport, and as my car was getting the A/C fixed (ask me how cheap it was), I had no other option nonetheless. While waiting for a bus to take me down to the ferry terminal, another Bus pulled up. (Hornibrook Bus Company). By chance when it pulled up I was standing right next to the rear o/s wheel. Giving it a passing glance, I noticed the state of the tyre...

I don't know how wear works on Bus tyres, but to me these looked almost down to the belts. As you can see, in some places there is no tread depth left at all; they've slicked out.


Is this safe for something which carries so many people?

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[glider]

it doesn't surprise me... Not sure what the legal depth is for heavy vehicles tho

[9090GO]

Did you tell the bus driver?

[Jerram]

I was going to, but then he walked off somewhere

[glider]

he's just the driver, he wouldnt have done anything... if he didnt notice it on his pre-shift inspection (you'd think they'd have to do one) then he probably doesn't care

[delemonte]

If I was paying for BUS tyres, I'd wanna get the most I could out of the tyre too! But yeh, seems pretty dodgy...

[Jerram]

maybe they like epic bus drift

[ROCCO]

ohh freaking sweet....bus drifting!

[ASTRAY]

i think if you emailed that off to the head office of the bus co, something would be done quick smart.
having bald tyres on a bus would be like having bald tyres on a semi, except where as the semi would be ploughing into cars, the bus already has the would-be-dead people on it.
id be emailing it off.
better to do that, than be reading the local paper and seeing a story about a bus accident.

[Vectracious]

Just used this amazing little thing called "google" and found nothing specific to Australia but in the UK, the minimum tread depth for tyres on a HGV is 1mm, and in America, the minimum tread depth with tyres for buses, trucks etc is 4/32 of an inch (3.1mm). Australia wouldnt be too far off.

Think about it - your normal suburban bus
- probably spends little time at 60km/h let alone faster speeds.
- is heavier than a car
- the driver doesn't drive like an idiot or expects more of his vehicle

I think we should all untwist our nickers.