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Close to 300 people died [1] in the 90s due to improperly inflated tires. Sorry, but I don't screw around with safety factors like this when I'm being hurled do
by matt-attack 7y ago
Close to 300 people died [1] in the 90s due to improperly inflated tires. Sorry, but I don't screw around with safety factors like this when I'm being hurled down freeway interchanges at 70 mph.
> The TPMS sensors I've had all seem to go off at minor deviations
Good (IMHO)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_contro...
- throwawayaway12 7y ago300 deaths seems like a very insignificant figure to be worked up over.
- dTal 7y agoSeriously. Ten times that number die in traffic accidents in the US daily. If that's your level of risk sensitivity, don't get in a car.
- ls612 7y agoWhat? About 100 people die from road vehicles per day in the US, not 3000.
- dTal 7y agoAh sorry, that's the global statistic, not the US statistic. Still, both statistics illustrate the point - 300 deaths a few decades ago involving faulty tires that may have been exacerbated by manufacturer-recommended underinflation have basically 0 bearing on the marginal risk of driving with a TPMS warning light illuminated.
- schwap 7y agoUh no, according to your own source they died because of tread separation caused by a number of factors, one of which may have been underinflation. But in this example the 'underinflated' value was manufacturer recommended, so a TPMS wouldn't have helped anyways.