An under-inflated tyre is defined as 3psi below the pressure given in the maker's handbook.
Kwik-Fit says regular checks should be made with proper equipment as, even with a trained eye, soft tyres are difficult to spot.
Recent Department for Transport figures show that a third of UK injury crashes are caused by under-inflated rubber.
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