
The motorist was stopped at a checkpoint yesterday.
Midlands gardaí are reminding motorists to check your tyres.
It comes after members of the Laois Roads Policing Unit conducting checkpoints in Borris in Ossory yesterday stopped a HGV with four completely worn tyres.
Fines were issued and the vehicle grounded until the defects were rectified.
Tyre tread depth should be no lower than 2 milimetres.