Is this illegal?

[Toms306]

I swear the large majority of the wear markers these days were set at 3mm?? Given that most places around the world 3mm is the minimum instead of 1.6mm which is why we get sent a load of part worns from abroad etc..

This. Wear markers aren't at the legal limit most of the time, its usually 2mm or more, in fact my pair of Marshalls (rears) have been on the outer wear bars for 2 years lol, still 5mm tread in the middle, about 3mm at the edge on the bars.

The treads on the tyre in the pic look too well defined to be at 1.6mm...I've had several tyres down at the limit and they look almost slick by then.

Either way, I thought the thread was for the edgewear, which is clearly something wrong, even enthusiastic cornering doesn't scrub them that bad lol.