By Scott Miller EAGLE COUNTY — Government officials can’t say it this way, but bald tires suck. That’s the thrust of a new campaign aimed at educating those who drive Interstate 70 in the winter.
The I-70 Coalition — a group of local governments and businesses — along with the Colorado Public Interest Research Group last week launched the #BaldTiresSuck public information campaign to encourage motorists to pay more attention to the equipment they use to come for winter adventure groups.
The idea is that bald or inadequate tires are a safety hazard in snowy or icy conditions. And, in this case, “bald” doesn’t necessarily mean that all the tread on a tire has worn off. In fact, just minimal tread can be hazardous to the safety of drivers and those around them.
The safe legal minimum in Colorado is about 1/16th of an inch. Most of us don’t have tread depth gauges, so the simple way to explain that depth uses a quarter and George Washington’s head. Stick a quarter, head down, into a tire’s tread. If the tread covers any part of Washington’s head, the tires are legally safe.
But “legally safe” and “safe” are two different things. In fact, almost all …read more
Via:: Vail Daily Newspaper
