| Did you know is national tire safety week? Do | | | | or more of the cars in the accidents had under |
| you know why we have national tire safety | | | | inflated tires. Statistics also show that in 2004 all |
| week? Do you remember all the Ford Explorers | | | | were 660 fatal accidents were recorded which |
| which had rollover problems in killed many people. | | | | were attributed directly to under inflated tire |
| Remember that Firestone was blamed for all this | | | | pressure. Additionally over 33,000 injuries occur |
| even though everyone knows that the Ford | | | | every year due to low tire pressure accidents. |
| Explorers were top-heavy. While this is a tragedy | | | | To learn more here is a great Web site with |
| it has also spurred industry and the entire | | | | information; |
| automotive sector to do something about. And | | | | Checking your tire pressure is a simple find you |
| that's something is national tire safety week. | | | | can do to reduce the chances of you becoming |
| So, who was involved in national tire safety | | | | an accident victim. It is simple and it is easy and |
| week? Well, just about all auto motive shops, new | | | | you must pay attention to this. This public service |
| car dealerships, the rubber industry and the large | | | | campaign on tire pressure is one more thing that |
| automakers. The National Highway Traffic Safety | | | | industry is doing in conjunction with government |
| Administration (NHTSA) did a huge report showing | | | | to protect the safety and welfare of the |
| that one in every three car accidents at least one | | | | American people. consider this in 2006. |