

| Subject: | Re: [WetWesties] interesting tire safety video |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:05:09 -0700 |
dear tire (d) people like i said it was only a safety video by *Michelin Tires no need to heed the warnings from any agency offering solicited or unsolicited advice- monthly i see people shrugging at signs warning against traveling through an area with active blasting operations and it is well known that in British Columbia alone on an average of every 3 minutes - there is a work place injury - and from what i can infer from the penalties - many have to do with blatant disregard of posted safety procedures - so by all means disregard the warnings of designers and product manufacturers - heck - i have been known to drive faster than posted speed limits from time to time - yours * On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:15 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com>wrote: > Long ago a friend who owned a tire shop gave me the same advice. New > tires always go in the rear. Regardless of whether the vehicle was > rear or front driven, new tires go on the rear. Better grip in the > rear means better chance that the ass end won't come around, throwing > you into a spin. > Given the foul mood on the list, I feel I must interject that I'm not > asking anyone out to a duel, just saying this caught my attention and > I had never seen this rule challenged. > Just a little poking around turned this up, and much more : > > http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=52 > > Gracias, > Miguel > -- roger w There are two kinds of jobs in the world: Picking up garbage and telling people things. Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw) ---------------------------------------------------------- Explore printed work at: http://www.prliving.ca/ View the growing list of video work at: http://revver.com/find/video/?query=LastonLastof&search_on=owners and ... older work at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7135104650374818257 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3259745150182742364
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