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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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- ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Because I was bored
  
  GIDAS data
  
  www.ircobi.org/wordpress/downloads/…/2_3.pdf
  
  It concludes that even if you increased grip, which includes tire pressure variance, by 15%, it would only represent a reduction of 2% of road related fatalities, which is actually within the margin of error.
  
  While 2% sounds like a lot, GIDAS also shows that tire failures account for less than 1% of road accidents causing death.
  
  So you’re spending $300 to $500 on a new car for a TPMS which reduces the probability of accidental death by 0.02%.
  
  And fun fact, most tire related accidents are actually from tread depth, not low pressure, and TPMS will do fuck all to tell you your tread depth is low.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    It concludes that even if you increased grip
    
    It’s nothing to do with grip. In fact, a lower tire pressure will actually increase grip.
    
    tire failures account for less than 1% of road accidents causing death.
    
    Oh well if no one died it must not be a safety issue?
    
    So you’re spending $300 to $500 on a new car for a TPMS
    
    Uhhh nope, it comes with the car…
    
    And fun fact, most tire related accidents are actually from tread depth, not low pressure
    
    So we’re just going to ignore it as a safety issue because it’s not a main cause of collisions?
    
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    ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨minute⁩ ago
    I apologize. I didn’t realize you aren’t very smart, because nothing “comes with the car”. You pay for every component.
    
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- ragepaw@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Because I am not a complete fucking idiot.
  
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  - Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    Because I am not a complete fucking idiot.
    
    Mmmmmm
    
    You are unaware of the operational aspects of your vehicle and are a danger to the people around you.
    
    WTF is a “operational aspect”?
    
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