het karkas

Translation

tyre carcass, casing

The load-bearing skeleton of a tyre — the cord layers under the rubber that hold the shape and the pressure. The Regeling voertuigen is strict here: tyres may show no damage in which the carcass is visible, and a tyre also fails if the carcass is visible in the bottom of a groove (art. 5.2.27). Visible carcass means the tyre may burst at any moment; inflating or driving on does not help.

How it sounds in the exam

Uit een snee in de zijwand steekt koord naar buiten. Mag je zo doorrijden?

Cord sticks out of a cut in the sidewall. May you drive on like that?

Related terms

• luchtband
• bandenprofiel
• bandenspanning
• slijtage-indicator
• velg