since this horse has been beat to death and almost every one agrees that Robert drives foolishly, we may as well drop it
so I ll edit mine too
interesting
He agrees that the tire should flex less at higher speeds. He is also from Germany and says they keep at maximum for their autobauns.
Let’s see…you’re going to listen the salesman from a discount tire store who MIGHT have a high-school education over engineers with Masters degrees and PHD’s who’ve been designing tires and cars for YEARS???
Oh…that makes sense.
7 lbs over 35 placcard is too much? What do you recommend?
1-2 lbs over is considered safe. 7lbs over the recommended 35psi is a 20% increase…THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. But I’ve also done some searching…and according to everything I’ve found…the recommended tire pressure for your vehicle is 32psi. So that means you’d be increasing from 32psi to 42psi - almost a 30% increase.
That is DANGEROUS…to you and other people on the road.
http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/showthread.php?101213-Dangers-of-Over-Inflating-Tires
you are not gonna change his mind mike.
Everyone agrees is not correct. Robert for one does not agree, I care not one way or the other, he has a mission, and I can certainly fall into the over the regulated speed limit. The more important issue “Why are you angry at me?” dear wesw It was never about you, as far s I see.
almost everyone agrees, and the posts I responded to have changed
@wesw you edited your post from everyone agrees to you are not going to change his mind, now that makes my post irrelevant, Unless you don’t mean to stand by your post and note edits without deleting your initial post don’t post it in the first place!
yes barky, dag edited his posts and mine made no sense. and I did not edit that post I edited the one you are talking about to almost every one. your post was correct, I did say everyone agrees, wrongly. you are correct. I edited all my responses because the posts I was responding to had changed. I should have left that one the same so your posts were not made irrelevant, as dag should have left his so mine did not seem stupid.
you are correct, I apologize
The placcard reads 35 psi front and back.
With the front weight greater than the rear, why is the front not greater pressure (or back less pressure)?
Is there and issue about slightly unequal tire diameters if different pressures?
Nope.
The issues everyone is having a problem with have to do with
the 120mph speeds,
doing that speed on T-rated tires,
and the use essentially the maximum tire pressure that the tires are rated to withstand before exploding (which is, by the way, the test standard).
Nit-picking details won’t change the fact that the aforementioned behaviors are extremely dangerous. I’ve attached a link to videos of high speed crashes to give you an idea of what happens at those speeds. I hope you take a moment to view at least the 120 mph test crash. The forces at work are astounding, and the damage to the vehicle stunning.
"There is no restriction for emergency vehicles on emergency runs." There is nothing written in state ordinances excusing you from going faster then the speed limit routinely when not in life saving situations which you are engaged in all of the time. You are an unqualified volunteer making routine deliveries, no more no less. Next, you are going to tell me with a light bar you can make arrests and carry a gun.
Back from a delivery.
A hospital does not order emergent transport unless necessary.
They slow emergent transports when patients have died. (But they still continue delivery “routine” to replace the blood or platelets used.)
Return trips are routine - following all traffic laws.
The statutes permit an authorized emergencyehicle to exceed the posted speed limit only in an emergency.
No amount over a posted speed limit is stated.
To not resemble police, I removed the blue filters from their light bar.
[MEDICAL TRANSPORT] sign is in the back windows.
I do not carry a gun.
Roberts “T” rated tires are rated for 118 MPH. The top speed for a 2009 Camry HV is 115, the speedometer isn’t accurate enough to display this.
Robert, did you watch any of the videos in the link I posted? There’s one where they crash tested a Ford Focus at 120mph with fully instrumented crash dummies. The crash dummies sustained forces peaking at 400 Gs. The entire vehicle was decimated.
I urge you, and everyone else, to view some of these videos.
For the motorcycle enthusiasts here, I urge the motorcycle crash compilation videos. Many are the result of just plain stupidity on the biker’s part, many are the result of careless car drivers, most all are the result of lack of care on someone’s part. A few are just funny. One is a biker trying to slowly weave between some pilings on a dock. He loses it, goes off the dock, the bike goes in the drink and he lands in a moored boat. They’re worth watching.
No time to watch.
I would not expect to survive a crash at 120 mph or lower high speeds.
Such is why they are only briefly attained and only on level open straightaways.
I am always concerned about a tire failure or mechanical failure at any speed above 50.
But I still take the risk of returning at 75 mph speed limit.
@wesw: “the states can t supercede the bill of rights.”
Well, that kind of depends on what you mean by “supercede.”
When it comes to things like DOT regulations, the feds set the minimum standard. However, if the states want to, they can have tougher standards, like lower weight restrictions, shorter service hours, etc. In that sense, those tougher regulations do supercede the federal regulations. The same goes for environmental regulations. California’s emissions standards supercede federal regulations. If they want to, states can also set tougher emission standards for smokestacks and power plants.
@Mountainbike is right. Watching crash videos can be a good reality check for those who need reminded of what can happen on the road. Every once in a while I search for motorcycle collisions on Youtube and watch the videos.
@Robert_Gift, I can understand why you’re not going to take the time to watch those videos. Watching those videos might interfere with your ability to deny the reality of what your’re doing.
@Robert_Gift, I can understand why you're not going to take the time to watch those videos. Watching those videos might interfere with your ability to deny the reality of what your're doing.I had to leave. In EMS I have seen firsthand what happens. Have been driving with tires at 44 psi for years with no problem. At tire end of life the treadwear was only slightly greater at the center than sides.
yeah, I did not mean it that way. I meant that states can t legally write laws that take away rights granted to all citizens in the bill of rights. but that s another subject. so I ll just drop it.
what I don t under stand is why, given the way you drive, that you would not buy the best available tires.
seems penny wise and pound foolish to me. that s assuming you put a higher value on your life than it seems you do.