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2. Flat tire - Wikipedia

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   Motorists stranded by a flat tire face a number of hazards. The most common hazard is from the passing traffic. [citation needed] Especially if the tire is on the side closer to the road, the motorist is at risk of getting hit by a passing car. If the motorist is unable to pull over to a place where the tire being changed is on the opposite ...

3. Service life - Wikipedia

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   A simple example is automotive tires - failure to plan for this wear out item would limit automotive service life to the extent of a single set of tires. An individual tire's life follows the bathtub curve, to boot. After installation, there is a not-small probability of failure which may be related to material or workmanship or even to the ...

4. Road traffic safety - Wikipedia

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   Road traffic safety refers to the methods and measures, such as traffic calming, to prevent road users from being killed or seriously injured. Typical road users include pedestrians , cyclists , motorists , passengers of vehicles, and passengers of on-road public transport , mainly buses and trams .

5. Tire code - Wikipedia

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   Prior to 1964, tires were all made to a 90% aspect ratio. Tire size was specified as the tire width in inches and the diameter in inches – for example, 6.50-15. [29] From 1965 to the early 1970s, tires were made to an 80% aspect ratio. Tire size was again specified by width in inches and diameter in inches.

6. Tire fire - Wikipedia

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   Tire fires are events that involve the combustion of large quantities of tires, usually waste tires, typically in locations where they are stored, dumped, or processed. They exist in two forms: as fast-burning events, leading to almost immediate loss of control, and as slow-burning pyrolysis which can continue for over a decade.

7. Standard vs. nonstandard car insurance: What you need to know

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   Driver profile. Average annual full coverage premium. Clean record. $2,458. Coverage lapse. $2,705. 18-year-old (standalone policy) $6,687. DUI conviction. $4,713

8. Rubber meets the road: Sullivan Tire announces plan to give ...

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   Sullivan Tire employees Dan Finnegan, left, and Paul Myers work on balancing tires at their service center on Airport Road in Hyannis. Earlier this month, the company announced an Employee Stock ...

9. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey S. Firestone (1868–1938) in 1900 initially to supply solid rubber side-wire tires [2] for fire apparatus, [3] and later, pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era.