CHECKING YOUR TYRES

Today, I’ll be sharing about Checking Your Tyres.

Tyre blowout accounts for 37% of auto crashes and 42%  rate of fatality.

The age / date a tyre was manufactured can be identified by reading its:

• Tyre Identification Number (often referred to as the tyre's serial number)
• DOT Codes

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) requires that Tyre Identification Numbers be a combination of:

• The letters DOT,
• Followed by ten, eleven or twelve letters and/or numbers that identify
• The manufacturing location,
• Tyre size,
• Manufacturer's code,
• The week and year the tyre was manufactured.

DOT Codes are batch codes that identify the week and year a tyre was produced. They are similar to Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) or serial numbers used on many consumer goods but are not unique to a single item.

MANUFACTURE DATE

The information in Picture 2 means that this tyre is manufactured in the 47th week in 2012.

Simply put: 3rd week in November 2012.

Recommendation:  Change tyres after four (4) years.

TYRE PRESSURE

Always maintain the recommended pressure (psi – per square inch) for your vehicle). See Picture 3

IMPORTANT STATISTICS

• 90% of all vehicles have at least one tyre under inflated.
• A tyre loses 1 pound of air pressure for every 5°C temperature drop.
• Tyres breathe, releasing about 1 pound of pressure per month.
• A 20% under inflation will reduce tyre life by 30% and increase fuel consumption by 7%.
• A 30% under inflation will reduce tyre life by 50%.
• A very soft tyre will generate enough heat to melt and explode at high speeds!

PRICE OR PURPOSE

Don’t purchase tyres based on PRICE instead buy tyres fit for PURPOSE. Think about how much you would pay for your LIFE, or for the lives of your loved ones. You can order for your fit for purpose tyres here.