{"id":22939,"date":"2016-06-15T08:34:02","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=22939"},"modified":"2016-06-15T08:36:37","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T00:36:37","slug":"infographic-often-check-tires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2016\/06\/15\/infographic-often-check-tires\/","title":{"rendered":"INFOGRAPHIC: How often do you check your tires?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Safety on the roads is a prevailing concern for drivers at all given times. According to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/who.int\/violence_injury_prevention\/publications\/road_traffic\/world_report\/chapter1.pdf\">World Health Organization<\/a>, the populace of the Asia Pacific region with its multitude of low and middle-income countries are especially vulnerable to accidents on the road, with total number of road traffic deaths worldwide and injuries expected to rise to 65% in 2020. This is especially evident in countries such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/asiapacific\/rise-in-road-accidents-in\/2398288.html\">Thailand<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/singapore\/singapore-drivers\/2440654.html\">Singapore<\/a>\u00a0due to increasing affluence, that leads to higher accessibility of motor vehicles and road users that it brings.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it is extremely important that tyre conditions remain at optimal levels when traversing through long road trips, or even jaunts to your local grocery store. The key here is \u2013 just how many drivers in Asia Pacific are aware of optimal tyre conditions? And, how does one detect signs of tyre being under-inflated or over-inflated?<\/p>\n<p>Following this, Bridgestone has come up with a nifty infographic:\u00a0<strong>Stay Safe On The Roads This Year.\u00a0<\/strong>It dives into some of issues that<strong>drivers are often not aware of<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>provides quick tips to drivers<\/strong>\u00a0on how to ensure that their tyres remain in good condition that are safe for the roads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stay-safe-on-the-roads-this-year.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stay-safe-on-the-roads-this-year.png\" alt=\"Stay safe on the roads this year\" width=\"1500\" height=\"6708\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stay-safe-on-the-roads-this-year.png 1500w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stay-safe-on-the-roads-this-year-67x300.png 67w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stay-safe-on-the-roads-this-year-768x3434.png 768w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Stay-safe-on-the-roads-this-year-229x1024.png 229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety on the roads is a prevailing concern for drivers at all given times. According to the\u00a0World Health Organization, the populace of the Asia Pacific region with its multitude of low and middle-income countries are especially vulnerable to accidents on the road, with total number of road traffic deaths worldwide and injuries expected to rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":22940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,637,25],"tags":[4447,1031,628,4446],"class_list":["post-22939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-motoring-2","category-software","tag-bridgestone","tag-infographic","tag-motoring","tag-tires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}