Tennant Leaves Landlord with More than 1,000 Used Tires
A former Cemetery Road resident has left with cash in his pocket, his landlord with a debt to pay and a whole lot of tires. Victoria Kildow rents out land off Cemetery Road. She discovered last year that one of her tenants was getting paid by a person in town to haul away used tires and dispose of them. But instead of disposing of the tires properly, he was simply stacking them in the woods on Kildow’s property. Now, with more than 1,000 tires dumped along the roadside and ….
Seventh Annual National Tire Safety Week to Take Place in April
The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) announced that the Seventh Annual National Tire Safety Week will be held April 20-26, 2008. The annual event is an initiative of the Rubber Manufacturers Association’s "Be Tire Smart – Play Your PART" program, a year-round effort designed to help drivers learn the simple steps they can take to ensure that their tires are in good working condition.
One in Five Drivers Does Not Properly Check Tire Pressure, Says RMA
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) statistics show that about one in every three cars has a significantly under inflated tire and that 660 fatalities and 33,000 injuries occur every year as a result of low tire pressure-related crashes.
Tech Tip: Understanding Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Are a good number of the vehicles on the road today equipped with underinflated tires? Look down at the tires on the car in front of you in traffic, and the answer may be obvious. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration conducted an inspection of 6,240 vehicles within a 14-day period in August of 2001. They did this at service stations with the cooperation from motorists who stopped to refuel.
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BorgWarner Provides All-Wheel-Drive Coupling For The New Volkswagen Crafter
BorgWarner has supplied two versions of its electro-hydraulically actuated all-wheel drive (AWD) coupling for the new Volkswagen Crafter. One coupling features a differential lock control at the rear axle, and one coupling does not. By accurately distributing torque between the front and rear axle, BorgWarner’s compact, lightweight AWD solution provides high torque accuracy for improved
Bugatti Creates A Brake Caliper From A 3-D Printer
With its Veyron and Chiron super sports cars, Bugatti developers have succeeded in designing a brake caliper that can be produced by 3-D printing. While the main material used for the additive production of vehicle components to date has been aluminium, the new brake caliper is made from titanium. The company says this is the
