What’s on the Tyres poster
A 7-row table: Marking · Means.
A sidewall marking like 205/55 R16 91V.
- 205 — Width in mm
- 55 — Sidewall height as % of width
- R — Radial construction
- 16 — Wheel diameter in inches
- 91 — Load index
- V — Speed rating
- DOT code — Week and year of manufacture
Legal minimum tread in the UK and EU is 1.6 mm across the central three-quarters. Wet performance falls off sharply below 3 mm.
Questions about the Tyres poster
- What’s on the Tyres poster?
- A 7-row table: Marking · Means. A sidewall marking like 205/55 R16 91V. 205 — Width in mm; 55 — Sidewall height as % of width; R — Radial construction; 16 — Wheel diameter in inches; 91 — Load index; V — Speed rating; DOT code — Week and year of manufacture. Legal minimum tread in the UK and EU is 1.6 mm across the central three-quarters. Wet performance falls off sharply below 3 mm.
- Who is the Tyres poster for?
- Tyres belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning the car can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Tyres poster?
- Check pressures cold, monthly. Warm tyres read high and hide an underinflated tyre. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Tyres belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Tyres?
- After an Accident, Breaking Down and Buying a Used Car sit alongside Tyres in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.After an AccidentBreaking DownBuying a Used Car
- Is the Tyres poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Tyres downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Tyres poster print at?
- Tyres is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Tyres loses nothing.Printing guide
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