Standards Bureau to check tyres

From March 17, Licensing Authority will only be licensing vehicles if their tyres have been cleared by the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), the bureau announced yesterday. The move is part of a plan by the TTBS to ensure that tyres on new and foreign used vehicles conform to existing national compulsory standards before they are licensed. The TTBS will be having two meetings tomorrow at its headquarters at Macoya to discuss the new requirements. The first one at 10 am will be for importers of foreign used vehicles and another at 1 pm for importers of new vehicles.