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What Industry Leaders Say
- For every 2.96 psi that a car or light truck tire is underinflated, it loses 1% fuel efficiency, and the average car or light truck in North America is riding on a set of tires underinflated by 10-11 psi. That equates to a 3-4% decrease in fuel economy for the average vehicle.
- National Highway Traffic Safety Association
- For every 1 psi that a car or light truck tire is underinflated,
a tire loses 1.78% of its tread life. The average vehicle, with tires
underinflated by 10-11 psi, has 18% - 20% shorter tire life.
- National
Highway Traffic Safety Association
- Underinflated tires contributed
to over 32,000 fatalities in 1999.
-
National Highway Traffic Safety
Association
- Underinflated vehicles (cars, light trucks, heavy duty
trucks) in the United States waste 2.8 billion gallons of gasoline
annually.
-
Transportation Research Board
- 85% of Americans do not know how to properly check their tire pressure
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Rubber Manufacturers Association
- Michelin supports the use of nitrogen based on its ability to better
retain pressure over a period of time.
-Michelin Technical Bulletin,
November 2003
- Goodyear says 15% under-inflation = 8% less tread mileage
and 2.5% decrease in fuel economy
-Goodyear Radial Truck Tire and Retread
Service Manual, Pg. 40
- 20% under inflation = 15% shorter
tire life.
- Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
- United States loses
over 2 million gallons of fuel each day due to under inflation.
- United States Dept. of Energy
- TMC
(Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Association)
says that about 90% of tire failures causing tire road debris is caused
by under inflation
-TMC Tire Air Pressure Study, May 2002
- Bridgestone says air inflated tires lost an average of 2.7 psi per
month and nitrogen inflated tires lost an average of 0.7 psi per month.
-Guy Walenga, Clemson Tire Conference, March 2004
