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A lack of experience when it comes to tyre-changing may see some motorists putting them on backwards, according to new research.

TyreSafe has found that 50 per cent of people believe that new tyres should be fitted on the front wheels of a car, although recent demonstrations may suggest otherwise, Easier has reported.

Water dispersion is increased if wheels are installed at the rear, it added, which can improve straight line braking ability.

Furthermore, the body has claimed that back wheels are more susceptible to damage, meaning that fresh tyres there would make the driver potentially safer.

Still, 30 per cent of those surveyed by the company responded that they were unaware of where new tyres should go, which may see them compromise their car insurance policy if they were to crash.

Charles Goodyear's 1839 discovery of vulcanisation led to the creation of the tyre.

In 1898, Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Factory was founded.


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