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The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday May 22, 2002 - B13 BESTWHEELS OAKVILLE Tire air pressure plays critical role The L aurens S outh C aro lin a P roving G rounds o f M ichelin Tire often plays host to som e o f the w orld's m ost expert test drivers, but recently the experts behind the wheel were police, ad m in istrato rs and jo u rn a lists w ho learned first-hand the critical role tire air pres sure plays in braking and vehicle handling. The US N ational Highw ay T ransportation Safety A dm inistration estim ates that nearly half o f all passenger cars on the road have at least one tire under-inflated by 20 per cent. That m eans, if the vehicle placard indicates the correct pressure is 32 psi (pounds per square inch o f pressure) a 20 per cent reduction w ould drop the pressure to about 26 psi. "That seem ingly sm all difference can mean the m argin betw een control and out o f control for the average driver," said Mac D em ere, test driver at the proving grounds, "especially on wet road conditions." To illustrate, M ichelin set up a tire evalua tion test for invitees from the State Highw ay D epartm ent, local sheriffs and deputies and m em bers o f the m edia. The test required the driver to accelerate to 50 m iles per hour and then stop as quickly as possible on a wet sur face. First the test was run with tires at correct inflation pressure, then at inflation pressures 20 per cent below the vehicle m anufacturers recom m endation. "W ith the correct pressure, the tires are in co n tact w ith the road, ev acu atin g w ater through the tread grooves and transm itting the braking force that will bring the car to a halt," said Dem ere. "But when you low er the pressure by 20 percent, the center o f the tread is no longer m aking contact with the road. Basically, your tires are riding on w ater and it takes a greater distance to bring the car to a stop." For some participants, that increased dis tance was as much as seven-feet, clearly illus trating the reduced braking pow er of under inflated tires. The same is true in cornering. The test required drivers to m aintain a steady speed of 50 miles per hour w hile driving around a gen tle curve covered with a puddle of water, sim ulating highw ay conditions after a thunder storm. D rivers had no problem m aintaining vehicle control when tire pressures were at the correct setting, but hydroplaned out o f control when the pressures were dropped by 20 per cent. For more inform ation on tire safety and the im portance of tire inflation pressures and other tire m aintenance, visit http://w w w .m ichelinm an.com / and click on "care and safety." 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