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Originally Posted by RLFebo

"tires can be dangerous when they get 6 years old"

"I found out the tire was 4 years old when i put it on"

"the family vans tire was 9 years old at the time of the accident"


He didnt change effing tires for 5 effin years and he wants to blame the tire people for his kid dying? How about he check his own effin tires once a year instead of just assuming they were good for 5 years. What a effin moron.

He said they were new tires. But they were manufacturered 5 years ago. Listening goes a long way.

In the shop I work at, we have pamphets and flyers that discuss "Basic Car Care" and "Understanding Tires" that have this information CLEARLY laid out - including tire size, tread wear and speed indicators - but no one ever touches them. Read! Learn! Inform yourself! Its not that difficult to figure this out on your own.

While i do see your point of people should take responsibility when it comes to general care of their car. I bet you that the pamphlet doesn't say anything about how to find the manufactured date.

The point of the news story was to ask questions as to whether tires should have an expiration date. (Which would actually work in the manufacturers favor and sales favors, Economy saver?) Put a 5 year expiration date on a tire and make it so it reads in plain english, That way people will actually do something about their tires and not let them get to bald before changing them. Then it would be alot safer out there because everyone would have good tires. All the old tires that manufacturers would have to recall can be ground up and recycled into new tires.