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Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz
And this is another feature i think on the whole is good.
At worst, people might get "lazy" about manually checking their tires, but since most people probably don't do it often enough anyway, it wouldn't be any worse. Plus even if you are diligent about such things, you could still run over a small nail and not notice.
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TPMS has been available as an option for some European vehicles since the 1980’s.
The interesting thing about this technology is legislation was first introduced in the US because of the Firestone recall when 100 deaths from rollovers though the 1990’s was linked to tread separation and in 2000 6.5 million tyres on US cars were recalled and in the rest of the world it was introduced as a means to ensure the rolling pressures were always correct therefore reducing CO2 levels.
1 part safety, 9 parts environmental.
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