CRIMINAL! Old "new" tires

[lucky1]

Man oh man, people's lives are at stake.

Watch this video (it kicks in automatically after the 30-second commercial).

Un-bloody-believable what goes on in the corporate world.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897

Send the link to your friends and family.
Barb

[Barrie]

I saw the original airing of that program. It's difficult to say what percentage of auto accidents are a direct result of tire failure from old tires, I'd wager a very small part really. However, there should be some safeguards against selling old tires as new.

Cheers, Barrie.

[lucky1]

Everybody should check the numerical code on their tires.
And raise hell if they're older than 4 years.
Barb

[Alchris]

I used to make sure that the tires on my vehicles were changed every 5 years. I had a truck that didn't travel 10,000 km per year and a convertible that seldom made 5,000 km per year. They would weather check before the tread wore out.

Now our vehicle travels over 20,000 km/yr and the tread wears down in 4 years or less.

It would be a good idea to require a 5 yr expiry date.

Allen