Show Bald Tires Can Turn Autos Into Hydroplanes Rainy weather poses one of the more frightening experiences for motorists and cars with bald tires greatly increase the chance of drivers experiencing this phenomenon of loss of control and stopping tread of a tire is to give as much traction as possible under all driving said Ross R. Chairman of the Tire Industry Safety on the highway can literally lift the car off the The term for this effect is and cars with bald tires are much more likely to experience it than those with proper tread As speed increases it becomes not only more probably but more Ormsby THE council reminds drivers that a light rain or especially after a dry produces a thin greasy film on the road surface almost as slippery as your tires have even average tread groove depth your chances of skidding under these conditions are 5 to 10 times Ormsby if you're driving on bald your chances of losing control are up to 10 times as THE Council defines a bald tire as one having its tread worn to one-sixteenth inch or less in any two adjacent tread Government safety experts agree with Writing in a U.S. Department of Commerce Their Selection and experts acts as a lubricant between your tires and the road and seriously reduces traction even if your tires are These same government experts estimate that a car with average tread depth traveling at 30 miles per hour on a wet road has a stopping distance up to 75 SHOULD those tires be observes the the stopping distance is not only considerably but the driver's ability to maintain control at all is with the approach of motorists should remember that leaves and rain combine to produce the same effect as a loose rug on a waxed Ormsby THE Tire Industry Safety Council advises motorists to watch their speed when confronted with slippery Brake and slow down when going into curves and |