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STUDY * USA - Vindicates retreads in road debris debate
A U.S. government study has concluded that there is no significant link between retreads and accident-causing debris on the road
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking -20 Jan 2009: -- ... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued its final report on its Commercial Medium Truck Tire Debris Study, which examined hundreds of discarded tire casings from truckstops and over 1,000 tire fragments that were collected along the interstate highway system at five representative locations throughout the U.S... The casings and tire fragments were examined by tire forensic experts to determine the probable failure type, axle location of the failed tire, and the likely reason for the tire failure... Among other findings, the analysis concluded that the proportion of tire debris from retread tires and OE tires is similar to the estimated proportion of retread and OE tires in service...Labels: studies
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