The correct method of safely securing wheels to heavy goods and passenger service vehicles is vitally important to the drivers, passengers and other road users safety. Loose wheels cost lives: Estimates of the annual number of incidents involving the total loss of road wheels range from 2,000 to 3,000, while deaths have averaged 10 per year in the United Kingdom.
There are also the additional repair, maintenance and vehicle downtime costs resulting from the slackening of road wheels in operation.
Bridgestones Re-Torque app provides the individual Original Equipment Manufacturers wheel nut torque recommendations in a way that couldnt be easier or more convenient to use.