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TPMS sensors are much more precise than ABS/radial speed sensing.
by tedmid 4y ago
TPMS sensors are much more precise than ABS/radial speed sensing.
- phkahler 4y agoAnd completely unnecessary. Its absurd to mandate them IMHO.
- tedmid 4y agoIt was mandated in response to the Firestone scandal/disaster. Over 200 people died because Ford intentionally under-inflated Firestone tires on the Explorer. Also, the tires weren’t very good in the first place. I guess it got everyone thinking about how dangerous under-inflated tires are on the highway. My guess (and it is a guess) is that radial-velocity pressure estimation wouldn’t have been precise enough and would have either tolerated dangerous under inflation or annoyed with false-positives.
- vel0city 4y agoIf all your tires are equally low, would ABS-based systems even notice?