Posted on 4/20/2015
Flats, blow outs, skids and longer stopping distances can all be the result of Daytona Beach motorists driving around on under-inflated tires. Admittedly, it’s hard to tell when a radial tire is under-inflated. If your auto manufacturer recommends 35 pounds of pressure, your pickup tire’s considered significantly under inflated at 26 pounds. The tire may not look low until it gets below 20 pounds. New laws required vehicle manufacturers to include a Tire Pressure Monitoring System – or TPMS system – in all cars and light trucks by the 2008 model year. The system has a dashboard mounted warning light that goes off if one or more of the tires falls 25% below auto manufacturer’s pressure recommendations. This technology has been used by Daytona Beach race car drivers for years. They are able to head off problems fro ... read more