California Regulates Tire Pressure

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California Regulates Tire Pressure

by Josh Loposer (Subscribe to Josh Loposer's posts)
Mar 31st 2009 @ 9:30AM

Filed under: Cars and Transportation, Local, Polit-eco

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CARB, or the California Air Resources Board to the layperson, has been on somewhat of a regulation rampage so far this month. A couple of weeks ago, CARB started batting aroudn the idea of banning of all dark colored paint jobs in order to lighten the load on your car's A/C, and therefore improve air quality (supossedly).

After scrapping that horribly misguided proposal, they went ahead and adopted a measure to require that all of California's auto maintainence businesses to ensure that your tire pressure is at factory reccomended levels. This, according to CARB would save the average Californian $12 per year on gas ~~which will probably be offset by rising mechanic prices~~. As weird and draconian as regulating tire pressure may sound, at least it would almost certainly result in greater fuel economy across the board. That can't be said for the nonsense about outlawing cars with black paintjobs.

California's tire industry argues that the regulation -- which requires pressure readings and times listed on all invoices -- will be burdensome and expose mechanic shops to new forms of litigation from trial lawyers.

[via AutoblogGreen]

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3-31-2009 @ 1:13PM

Baron said...

I have, unfortunately, been in and out of 3 or so different mechanic shops in the last couple of weeks with various things being done to my car and they all checked and filled the tires. Most mechanics around here will fill up your tires to the proper pressure for free. Not only does having the proper pressure help with your mpg, but it helps ensure your tires have a longer life and helps prevent premature wear and tear on other car parts as well.

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