Seriously...TPMS?

[MikePA]

We had people who did not check their tire pressures....ever!

We had a series of vehicle rollovers that were attributed to low tire pressures because people were too busy or didn't know how.

So the only way to protect those who know better from those who don't care or know better was to require TPMS. Now if we would stop calling 'accidents' accidents and laying blame or responsibility where it belongs the world might be different. But we have a 'no fault/no blame' society more or less these days.

Well said! I can't count the times I've seen people driving with tires so flat it's hard to imagine they didn't notice. Then again, I've been passed by an idiot doing over 95mph with a 45mph donut tire mounted....no clue at all, none!

How does legislation requiring TPMS insure properly inflated tires and therefore prevent the few accidents caused by under inflated tires?

 

[tessiers]

Does my 77' ford have that, never given me any trouble. LOL!!!

 

[aczlan]

Would that be for ALL makes and models after 2011? Or just GM or which ever vehicle the OP is talking about? B.

Just GM products, no one else has been that foolish yet. :stirthepot:

Aaron Z

 

[Chilly807]

Would that be for ALL makes and models after 2011? Or just GM or which ever vehicle the OP is talking about? B.

Just gm I think, my Dodge isn't like that.

Sean

 

[GManBart]

How does legislation requiring TPMS insure properly inflated tires and therefore prevent the few accidents caused by under inflated tires?

I think it would be hard to prove, but most people driving with low tires probably aren't aware of it. The light tells them about it, and many/most will probably get it corrected. I'm a car guy, pay attention to my tires, etc, and I've picked up a screw in a tire while driving, and had the TPMS alert me that the pressure had dropped. I didn't find out after the sidewall had been damaged, or I had control problems, so I thought that was pretty helpful. I also have a work vehicle that seems like a magnet for nails, and screws....I don't do a pressure check every morning, but 7, yes 7, times in the past year I've had the TPMS alert me to a problem that you couldn't notice visually. Sometimes I could kick the tires and figure out which one was low, but not always. Each time, there was a nail, screw, or even once a pinhole with no obvious cause.

Seems the government has studied this, and ound that cars with TPMS are more likely to have properly inflated tires....generally, a good thing.

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811086.pdf

http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811681.pdf

Why TPMS - Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Usergroup - Key Statistics of TPMS

 

[Ford850]

Does my 77' ford have that, never given me any trouble. LOL!!!

As a matter of fact, it does! It's located between your ears, and has been the most efficient one ever built. It's actually a multi use system that serves many purposes. We all have one, but unfortunately it gets used less and less as the years go by.

 

[LindenBruce]

Just GM products, no one else has been that foolish yet. :stirthepot:

Aaron Z

Well, there you have it. I wouldn't buy a GM product right now anyway. I stopped buying GM back in 2005 when I got my F250 CC PSD 4x4. I used to be a diehard GM guy. But no more. My mom has a 2008 Chevy Malibu that has had and still has problems I think a car that new should never have. So I stand behind my statement of no more GM's. B.

 

[Runner]

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Seems the government has studied this, and ound that cars with TPMS are more likely to have properly inflated tires....generally, a good thing.

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Every person in the USA being granted a million dollars would generally be a good thing too, but it's not the place of the government to make it happen.

...whoops, that remark probably belongs in "friendly politics" delete if necessary...

 

[Will_C]

I am thinking of buying a new car next year, and one of things that will be negotiated will be lifetime service/resetting/etc. of the sensors. I rotate my own tires and always have mounted snow tires to change over seasonally. I don't need "free scheduled oil changes", but I will have to have "free TPMS" service!!

Will

 

[Bob77064]

My wife drove home and told me "there is a little red light on" One new tire later, luckily the mag wheel was alright.