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Discount tire estimates 70% of the current tire options will be illegal to sell in CA. Millions of people will be pushed into different tires than they have bas
by missinglugnut 2mo ago
Discount tire estimates 70% of the current tire options will be illegal to sell in CA. Millions of people will be pushed into different tires than they have based on a limited list of options.
Many of those as alternative tires will wear out faster, causing increased particulate pollution and wasting people's money.
Many of those tires will cost more money than they save in gas. The limited options on less common sizes will make tires really expensive for some unfortunate folks.
Some of those tires will have less grip than what people otherwise would have bought, causing some additional number of car accidents. That's money and resources wasted on wrecked cars, not to mention injuries, and potentially even deaths.
But it could save people $3/month on gas according to the optimistic numbers the lobbyists calculated, so consequences be damned, you think everyone who doesn't want this is a selfish jerk.
- testing22321 2mo ago> Discount tire estimates 70% of the current tire options will be illegal to sell in CA. Millions of people will be pushed into different tires than they have based on a limited list of options. You say that like it’s a bad thing. 100% of leaded gasoline became illegal. Outcome? Huge health benefits. 100% of lead paint became illegal. Outcome? Huge health benefits. 100% of new vehicles without catalytic converters, air bags, backup cameras , abs, reaction control became illegal. Outcome? Massive health and safety benefits. The whole point of making the old way of doing something illegal is to force the better way. This is good.
- lazide 2mo agoExcept there are clear health hazards likely to happen from this change, such as increased tire particulates, and the nominal improvement (co2) is such a diffuse hazard (with limited direct health consequences) that it is likely to get lost in the noise.
- testing22321 2mo agoEvery change to a complex situation will have negative outcomes. A study was done, and they have clear data to make this decision. As time moves forward, new studies can be done addressing your concerns, and decisions can be made about addressing those. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.
- lazide 2mo agolol, clearly you have no experience with California and these types of decisions.
- testing22321 2mo agolol, better just give up and accept no improvement then.
- lazide 2mo agoThe point is, it is no actual improvement. But then, you likely are fully aware of that eh?