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Originally Posted by shovel
I don't think we can see the "end" of pneumatic tires yet, for a very important safety reason: dumbasses. Dumbasses will ignore and neglect worn out parts, not making them a priority until they really make the car impossible to drive at all. Pneumatic tires simply stop holding air at a certain point, which prevents driving on them when they're extremely worn (though people still try to push the limits, i've seen a lot of visible steel belting on cars in parking lots.. ) . Any replacement for pneumatic tires will need some system of actually preventing use when they become too worn, or we'll all have to share the road with even more dangerous company.
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Looks like I'm a dumbass.
I run second-hand tires until they blow.
Most of the time the tread is still good; the sidewalls weathercheck and fail first. But I've run a few til I could see cords too.
Safety hazard? Not yet. I've had two of em let go when the car was parked. I've had three blowouts (that I can remember right now) on the highway. They were complete non-events as far as safety goes. Well, actually, the most dangerous aspect was the potential for being run into on the shoulder by some dumbass tooling down the road that isn't paying attention! They all went like this: "flap flap flap flap flap....." "hmmm, what's that? Oh. Must be a tire." Slow down, pull over. See flat. Put spare on. Gone in 10 minutes. Dirty hands, maybe knees. That's about it.