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Here’s what Tyresafe, one of the UK's leading tyre safety organisations, dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers associated with defective or illegal tyres, has to say about driving this spring.   Don’t let tyre issues take the ‘spring’ out of your step!   Bank Holiday motoring blues can be avoided this spring with some simple tyre checks before heading off, advises TyreSafe, the UK's leading tyre safety organisation. Indeed, breakdown recovery associations are bracing themselves, as they do every year, for countless tyre related call outs as millions of motorists take to the roads for a quick getaway over Easter, shortly followed by the May Bank Holiday. In fact, punctured or torn tyres was the second most common reason for calling out the AA in 2011. "Spending just a few minutes checking your vehicle's tyres could ultimately save you hours of hassle following a puncture or blow-out. However, what's more important is that an unchecked tyre might be unsafe, putting the driver, passengers and other road...