Drive your car or truck enough miles, km or time and it’s a fact of life that your tires and their tread will wear down and out. Count on it. Its not only a question of your transportation or family car budget but also one of safety on the road as you drive friends and family on trips, errands and travels.

It’s a fact that tires wear down after some time and once they do, your capacity to control your car lessens. Where you might have been under control and been able to stop your vehicle, during emergency maneuvers, or had your vehicle under good road control, now with substandard rubber and tread on your tyres – you don not, under normal situations, such may not be an issue. However, stormy weather can cause slippery roads and one wrong move behind the wheel can make your car skid across the road without the capacity to grip.

It’s necessary to realize that the rubber on your tires is constantly wearing down. In driving, there’s a friction between the rubber and the road and after long use, they’ll be worn out. Once the tires reach the halfway point they can be dangerous. In this article we’ll explore the hazards of worn out tires and the effects of their wearing down.

As mentioned, normal weather isn’t really dangerous. However, when the roads are wet, the moisture on them can cause hydroplaning. New tires have rubber which deep groves are set. The moisture of the roads goes to the grooves letting the tires touch and grip the road.

Now, visualize that you’re driving with tires where grooves are half worn out. Because they are worn, the grooves become shallower and the moisture doesn’t trickle into them deeply. This limits the capacity of your tires to get traction on the road. In sudden stops, hydroplaning is inevitable. It can cause your car to stagger on other vehicles or pedestrians.

When your tires are worn out they can bring about numerous problems especially during days when it’s raining or snowing. When you’re driving in the snow, your tires’ grooves let the tires bite into the surface thus increasing the grip. Worn out tires reduce this grip. Moreover, your vehicle has a greater chance to hydroplane at lower speeds. The shallower your tires grooves are, the lesser they are capable of channeling the water, thus, lessening the grip that your tires can keep on the road.

A lot of drivers check their car’s oil and air pressure regularly but forget to check the level of wearing in their tires. It’s such an easy thing to do. The most reliable way is to get a penny and insert it inside the grove with Lincoln’s head facing down. If any of the grooves are not deep enough to partly hide the head of Lincoln then the tires have worn out. Even if the top of the head can be submerged in the groove, the rubber might have lost some of its abilities to grip the road.

Author Bio: Tom I. Stables
Edmonton Used Truck Dealers
Wetaskiwin Alberta Used Truck
Dealerships
Dodge Ram Ford F150 Toyota Tunda Dodge Dakota 1500 2500 3500
Crew Cab Quad Cabs
GMC Chevy Sports Utility Vehicles SUV

Category: Automotive
Keywords: How to check a car,tires for cheap,how to size tires,