Have Peger Road Auto Repair Check Your Tire Tread Depth

You may have heard of racing slicks. Now, slicks have no tread, but they give race cars maximum traction on dry racetracks. Insert a little water into the equation, however, and slicks can’t maintain control. Because there is nowhere for the water to go, the tire rides on top of a thin film of water and slides all over the place

Street tires have treads that are designed to move water out from under the tire so that it can grip the road. The deeper the tread, the move water it can move. As tires wear, they have progressively less traction on wet roads. That means longer stopping distances and less traction in corners

So, having enough tire tread is very important for your safety. There have been tests comparing stopping distances of vehicles with new tires and those with worn tires. The vehicle with worn tires is still traveling at a high rate of speed at the point at which the vehicle with new tires has already stopped. That could be the difference between getting home safely and a serious accident.

Many safety experts recommend you replace your tires when your tread is worn down to a depth of 4/32ths of an inch. That’s the distance to George Washington’s head when a quarter is inserted upside down into the tread of a properly inflated tire.

You may have heard of the same test using a penny. That gives you about 2/32ths of an inch of tread. The studies have shown a significant safety benefit in replacing tires with the quarter standard.

Ask your service advisor to have your tires checked to see how much life you have left in them.

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Peger Road Auto Repair
1904 Peger Road
Fairbanks, AK 99709
(907) 479-6162
www.pegerauto.com