TPMS. Necessary or just peace of mind?

Effy wrote:

RCMAN46 wrote:
That may be true but if it were a real issue there would be more rubber debris on the road considering the number of 18 wheelers, multi axle dump trucks and specialty vehicles that also pivot on their wheels

Not sure where you travel but I see a lot of large truck tire debris when I travel. Just did a short run of 160 miles one way and I bet I saw at least a dozen truck tire treads that had not been cleaned off the highway.

Likely retreads. While they ought to be outlawed not really applicable to RV tires.

Are retreaded tires safe tires and are they responsible for most of the rubber on the roadway?

According to a spokesperson for TRIB, the Tire Retread Information Bureau. Retreaded tires are as safe as comparable new tires, a fact documented by several studies. Yet, retreads have a bad reputation. The perception that retreads are the primary cause of rubber on the road is wrong as a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study confirms.

Tire debris on highways (also known as rubber on the road or road alligators), is not caused by retreads, according to the NHTSA findings in the Commercial Medium Tire Debris Study. The NHTSA study found in its analysis of tire fragments and casings collected that the proportion of tire debris from retread tires and original equipment (OE) tires is similar to the estimated proportion of retread and OE tires in service. Examination of tire fragments and tire casings (where the OE or retread status known) found in the NHTSA study:

Road hazard was the most common cause of tire failure, at 38 percent and 36 percent respectively

The analysis of tire casings found maintenance and operational issues accounted for 32 percent of the failures

Manufacture defects accounted for 16 percent.

Analysis of tire fragments found that excessive heat was evident in 30 percent of the samples examined.