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Originally Posted by mikiec
As of June 2, 2008 SRS has documented 159 incidents in which tires older than six years experienced tread / belt separations—most resulting in loss-of-control crashes.
Mike
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1. Key findings of an NHTSA study on tire tread: Nine percent (9%) of passenger cars are being driven on at least one “bald” tire. (For purposes of this survey, a tire was considered bald if it had 1/16th of an inch or less of tread depth.)
2. According to NHTSA, 27 percent (27%) of passenger cars on U.S. roadways are driven with one or more substantially under-inflated tires.
3. Overall, there were an estimated 250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles in the United States according to a 2006 DOT study
Do the math on 159/250851833 = a fraction of a really, really small number
Do the math on 159/(.09*250851833) = a fraction of a really, really small number (though not as small as the first calc)
Do the math on 159/(.27*250851833) = a fraction of a really, really small number (though somewhere in between the first two calcs)
Statistically speaking, the numbers that the initial report indicate are insignificant and could have been caused by more common issues that occur with tires (i.e. bald, under-inflated, etc.).
I'd stop worrying, give all your tires a real good visual (for cracking), check the pressures, and enjoy the drive.
-Dean