Tire maintenance is extremely important for the safety of your vehicle, and it can also ensure that you save a lot of money. So these are two important incentives to make sure you perform proper maintenance. Visual inspection The easiest thing to do is to check the tires by visual Read more…
When you drive in rain or other wet conditions, your car might be susceptible to hydroplaning. Hydroplaning occurs when the tires aren’t able to push away the water from the contact area between the tires and the road surface or then store the water within the tread. The process involves Read more…
From the day you have new tires on your vehicles, it is important to track the tread depth and how it decreases over time. It is advisable to measure the tire’s tread depth on a regular basis. Initially, you will not check it as often, maybe every six months, but Read more…
When driving during summers, you are spared from most of the challenges you have when driving during the winter season. You are spared from snow, ice, and slush, which are very slippery conditions that can be very difficult to drive in. During the warm seasons, you mainly have rain can Read more…
Summers are the best time of the year to drive when you have dry road conditions and great weather. In addition, the visibility is better as you have more hours of daylight. During the warm seasons, the main challenging driving conditions are heavy rain, flooding, or thunderstorms when you have Read more…
Numerous accidents have been reported due to hydroplaning this last week; they tend to happen when there have been very heavy rainfall or flooding. When you have heavy rain, the water will amass on the road surface before it is drained to the sides. This increases the risk for hydroplaning; Read more…
Newer tire technologies help prevent hydroplaning. Innovations in tire manufacturing allow for better displacement of water, thereby helping to prevent hydroplaning. This technology is incorporated in both all-season tires and all-weather tires. They both have tread patterns with grooves to help evacuate water to avoid hydroplaning, which happens when the Read more…
Winter can cause a lot of havoc in the traffic, with a lot of traffic accidents. When people decide to drive their vehicles regardless of what tires they have on them, there can easily be problems if there is snow and ice. When you drive in winter conditions all vehicles Read more…
When you are planning to purchase a new set of tires you should learn a bit about tires and why some tires are better than others and what tire options that you have. Tire selection will depend on what type of vehicle you have, what weather conditions you will experience Read more…
All-season tires are great in most weather conditions. In fact, other than severe winter weather they are adapted for all weather conditions. The name all-season tire is somewhat of a misnomer as this tire is not for use in winter or at least not in severe winter weather as it Read more…