Novel automatic off vehicle tyre pressure measurement system

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Maintaining correct tyre pressures is done poorly and irregularly. It is our goal to make thatprocess automatic; specific to the tyre, accurate and easy to use. Results from BridgestoneTyres annual safety campaign concludes that tyre under-inflation is costing the EU €2.8billion each year in wasted fuel adding 4.8 million tons of CO2 emissions; such is the cost ofcar drivers’ unwillingness to use current tools. There has to be a better way to significantlyreduce this waste caused by neglect.In the Bridgestone study 71% of motorists where driving on underinflated tyres. 10% underinflationresults in a 2% increase in fuel consumption, a 10% reduction in tyre life and asignificant decrease in braking performance.WheelRight Ltd is developing a road mounted device which, when driven over by a vehiclewith pneumatically inflated tyres, calculates the pressure in all of the vehicle’s tyres, as wellas measuring vehicle weight and load distribution.The successful deployment of this technology has the potential to save the UK £1Bn in fuelalone at pump prices and 2.6Mt of associated CO2 (private and commercial) every year. Amessage the UK Government reinforced in its recent “Action on CO2” advertisingprogramme acknowledges the fuel saving potential of ensuring vehicles run on correctlyinflated tyres.The Department for Transport report that illegal, defective and under-inflated tyres wereresponsible for more than 1,210 road casualties in Great Britain during 2010.WheelRight technology has the potential to dramatically cut fuel and tyre waste and theassociated carbon emissions and increase road safety.