LT tires on TT
I was telling a buddy of mine how I upgraded my TT tires from ST's to LT's (Michelin RIBS) and he would like to upgrade to LT's also. He asked if he could go to any LT tire as long as they had the cor...
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CapriRacer wrote:Francesca Knowles wrote:
Here quoting from this NTSB page:NTSB wrote:
The rate of blowout-caused crashes for light trucks (0.99 percent) is more than three times the rate of those crashes for passenger cars (0.31 percent).
Blowouts cause a much higher proportion of rollover crashes (4.81) than non-rollover crashes (0.28), and more than three times the rate in light trucks (6.88 percent) than in passenger cars (1.87 percent).
At first, I was going to challenge the statement about the differences in failure rates, but I see that it was attributed - and with a link! Thank you. But I did notice something that doesn't square with my experience in examining failed tires. .........................snip...........................
So the report is using some information that will have changed between now and then - AND -
I think the report is citing a statistic that is suspect.
:h
"Suspect"? Is that a joke?
To characterize documents associated with final rulemaking proceedings by the NHTSB as "suspect" only points up how ridiculous tire discussions here have become.
When if ever has anyone posted ANY study conducted by ANY known authority that supports the Popular Position that "any LT is better than every ST"? Never that I've seen, and I've been following these discussions for a long, long time. It's my opinion that such studies/analyses/fact-based conclusions are nonexistent.
I'd love to be proven wrong in that regard, so if anyone has the goods, let's see them. Standing by, ready to Eat My Hat....
