[Shotimes] (OT) Safety group seeks tire expiration date

[Carl Prochilo]

That does make sense.  And yet even tires that aren't that "old" exhibit
serious issues.  Had a set of BF Goodrich tires were chunks of rubber
would fall off due to dry rot.  This was on the family minivan.  Not a
good situation.

The replacement tires weren't much better.  The right front disintegrated
at speed on the Florida turnpike and my 20 year old was driving it and
fortunately kept his cool and brought the van under control.  The tread
from the tire whipped up and busted the side view mirror.
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Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
92 Ultra Red Crimson

On Tue, November 9, 2004 2:06 am, Ron Porter said:
> Interesting article from yesterday's Detroit News.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/47zn6
>
> The tire expiration date thing has been kicked around before. Although
> it's
> too bad for the 37 people, these deaths go back at least through 1999, so
> this isn't major death contributor, but I'll bet a lot of tires fail and
> cause a lot of inconvenience for people.
>
> Ron Porter