Comment on Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you

• ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I managed to drive cars for 30 years without a TPMS sensor and the only time I ever had a to check the pressure on a tire, was when I knew i had a leak and didn’t have time to fix it. I can also tell by the way my car drives if a tire is soft. I also had an air pump in my car powered by a cigarette lighter adapter that I could fill my tires.

  My current car, from 2019 doesn’t have one. I’ve managed to own it 7 years (this week) without needing to check the pressure 2500 times.

  The assertion you need to check your pressure everyday without a TPMS system is ridiculous.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The fact that you’ve gotten away with it is not proof that it’s unnecessary. The fact that it was legally mandated is good evidence that it is. These systems save lives, no question about it.

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    • greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      lots of things are legally mandated without any good evidence.

      Lots of things legally mandated in the past are now unconscionable or illegal now.

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    • Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Legal != effective or ethical, that is an unbelievably stupid argument for TPMS.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        LOL who said anything about ethics? This is an unbelievably stupid response.

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    • ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What a shockingly wrong take. TPMS is a convenience, not a safety measure, have properly inflated tires is. And, anyone who properly maintains their car, doesn’t need it

      And, it’s not legally mandated everywhere, even if it is for you.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        What an incredibly bad take. Indeed, having properly inflated tires is a safety issue. How do you know if they’re properly inflated? Are you checking them every 3 minutes while driving? Because TPMS is…

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• yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I live in Canada and my snow tires haven’t had functioning TPMS in years. I do have a tire pressure light on forever, and they’re not mandated.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Cool. Did you come here just to tell us that you’re proud to drive unsafely or what?

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    • yucandu@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Do you drive without a LIDAR? Why, do you like to live dangerously?

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If my car had LIDAR I would certainly take reasonable measures to ensure it continued working, yes.

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• CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  1.) Lol, no I won’t. That light can be removed. Or if it’s a Ford, you can access the vehicle with Forscan and turn off that functionality.

  2.) How did we ever survive before 2008? Were there disabled cars with shredded tires every 20 feet? Was it an apocalypse of failed tires? People who don’t bother to check tire pressure won’t bother for yet another warning light on their dash.

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That light can be removed

    LOL often times it cannot, because it’s not a “light” at all on modern vehicles.

    How did we ever survive before 2008?

    A lot of people didn’t. That’s why it was mandated.

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    • CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Maybe YOU can’t remove the light.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        This has nothing to with me.

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