Fife karting firm faces £1m public liability case following accident
Posted on January 2nd, 2012
A leisure firm based in the Scottish county of Fife is reportedly facing a public liability case which could result in a damages payment of £1 million, after a teacher suffered an accident at one of its karting tracks.
Driveflight, a company based in Glenrothes but which has karting tacks in a number of different locations, is being sued by a woman over an incident at its Aberdeen Kartstart circuit.
Craft and design teacher Julie Markie claims she was checking on a pupil at the side of the karting track when another pupil drove into the pit area at speed, entering through an open gate.
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Tire Blowout & Car Accident Prevention
Posted on November 12th, 2011
Tire blowouts are a major cause of car accidents every day. It’s amazing that something so simple as an underinflated tire could destroy a life. According to the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), 660 fatalities and 33,000 injuries occur every year due to low tire pressure related crashes.
- 73% of drivers don’t check the spare tire’s pressure.
- One in four cars on the road has significantly underinflated tires.
- Every month, 3 in 4 drivers wash their cars, but only 1 in 7 correctly checks their tire pressure.
29% of drivers wrongly believe that the best time to check their tire pressure is after they’ve been driven and are warmed up. The Rubber Manufacturers Association notes that over 85% of drivers don’t check their tire pressure properly.
Are you positive that you know how?
Properly checking tires means checking at least once a month - before tires have been driven even a mile – and inflating them to the vehicle manufacturer’s recommended pressure, not the pressure listed on the tire sidewall. Yo