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Aged Tires: A Driving Hazard
by Cris B.
abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897
The hidden dangers of "new" tires sold in this country without expiration dates, often sitting on shelves for years: aged treads loose their elasticity and dry out.
Aged-Tires, A Serious Driving Hazard? This is news to most US consumers to learn that we drivers are unknowingly driving with brand new tires that have actually been sitting for years, six years or more, before being mounted on cars. Even sitting tires start disintegrating - they have a shelf-life, they're "ticking time bombs". Find out how to decode the age of your tire, a code hidden inside; it will tell you when your tires were made. An important video to watch!


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