{"id":855,"date":"2011-07-15T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T17:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myinsurancedoctor.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2011-07-15T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T17:46:01","slug":"great-tire-safety-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myinsurancedoctor.com\/short-pump\/2011\/07\/15\/great-tire-safety-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Tire Safety Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cheap car insurance in Virginia, North Carolina, or just about anywhere else starts with safe driving. But even if you haven\u2019t had a speeding ticket in years, and you always merge carefully, how you actually drive your automobile is only part of the safety equation. Automobile maintenance is another big part, and tire safety\u2026<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of little known \u2013 and helpful \u2013 facts about tires. For example, did you know that the typical tread depth of a new tire is 10\/32 of an inch? And that the wear bars (horizontal bars connecting the treads that appear when the tire becomes worn) show at 2\/32 of an inch? That means 80% of your tread is gone, which causes a couple of issues. First, your car is <em>much<\/em> more susceptible to hydroplaning on wet roads. Second, on dry roads there is less air space between treads, which means greater heat build up on the tires. Not a good thing. Also, remember, at 2\/32 of an inch, your car tires will not pass state safety inspections.<\/p>\n<p>If your tires are wearing unevenly due to poor alignment or some other issue, this presents another safety concern. Uneven wear means that the tire is not contacting the road across the entire surface of the tire, and that means less grip. Finally, maintaining recommended air pressure provides benefits, too.\u00a0 We even wrote <a href=\"..\/..\/road-safety\/the-importance-of-proper-air-pressure-in-your-cars-tires\/\">a blog about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So in review, driving safely and maintaining a safe vehicle are both great ways to move toward the cheapest car insurance. Oh, and if you\u2019re in North Carolina or Virginia, don\u2019t forget to contact us at the Insurance Doctor for all your auto insurance and motorcycle insurance needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cheap car insurance in Virginia, North Carolina, or just about anywhere else starts with safe driving. But even if you haven\u2019t had a speeding ticket in years, and you always merge carefully, how you actually drive your automobile is only part of the safety equation. Automobile maintenance is another big part, and tire safety\u2026 There<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Great Tire Safety Facts - Short Pump<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myinsurancedoctor.com\/short-pump\/2011\/07\/15\/great-tire-safety-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Great Tire Safety Facts - Short Pump\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cheap car insurance in Virginia, North Carolina, or just about anywhere else starts with safe driving. 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