A news report on the radio suggests that parents can save hundreds of pounds a year if they do not use the car for the school run.

There was an interesting news report on the radio today stating that the average distance parents travel in their vehicle for the daily school run was less than 1.5 miles and if the vehicle was left at home for these shorter distances parents would save hundreds of pounds a year.The report highlights the issue that most of us use our vehicles for non essential journeys and we at Hometyre suggest that driving the car into town to have new tyres fitted is an unnecessary journey as we come to you at your home or place of work.