Because I am not a complete fucking idiot.
Comment on Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks agoWhat 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…
ragepaw@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks 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”?
ragepaw@lemmy.ca 2 weeks 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.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
It’s nothing to do with grip. In fact, a lower tire pressure will actually increase grip.
Oh well if no one died it must not be a safety issue?
Uhhh nope, it comes with the car…
So we’re just going to ignore it as a safety issue because it’s not a main cause of collisions?
ragepaw@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I apologize. I didn’t realize you aren’t very smart, because nothing “comes with the car”. You pay for every component.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Your personal insults are only reflecting poorly on you.
They come with the car. Every car. Doesn’t matter how much they cost. They are not optional. It is not a choice your can make.