Subject: Re: "run flat" tires

[Ron Horowitz <RonHorowitz@domain.elided>]

Subject: Re: "run flat" tires

>to legally buy them, you must install a provision to confirm tire
>pressure while driving (idiot lights in the cockpit)

>The sensors are required by law so that the
>driver can know that the tire needs repair-

>--the run flat feature is
>supposed to be so good that you might not notice it's flat.

WARNING! TIRADE TO FOLLOW!

People don't notice when their _regular_ tires are flat! How many times
have you seen a car driving down the road with a tire that's only got maybe
8-10 PSI left in it? They don't notice that the car is driving funny until
the tire "spontaneaously" blows out, and then they sue the tire company. If
people are going to be lazy, apathetic, ignorant, and willfully so, when
does it get to the point where you have to have a warning label to tell
them which end of the barrel to sight down before pulling the trigger? If
you are going to have the freedom to choose to drive around in an old Alfa,
or on a motorcycle, or in a Model T Ford or whatever, in which you could be
killed, or if you choose to run a certain kind of tire which could go flat,
it seems to me that YOU should be responsible for any unfortunate outcomes.

OK, now I've got to get back to my lawsuit against McDonalds for making me
fat....
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