"Imagine balancing an upright piano on four dinner plates at 65 mph. That is essentially what a commercial motor vehicle does every mile: each steer axle tire offers a contact patch roughly the size of an adult hand, yet it carries upward of 6,000 pounds while steering 80,000 pounds of combined mass through traffic, wind shear, and potholes. When one of those handprints fails, physics allows no appeals."
"During CVSA's 2024 International Road Check, tires accounted for one out of every five vehicle out-of-service citations - 2,821 defects severe enough to park the vehicle until fixed. Tire violations outpaced issues with lights, cargo securement, and even many brake categories, underscoring how often fleets still underestimate this humble round rubber component. NHTSA's TireWise campaign quantifies the human cost: near ly 11,000 tire related crashes and almost 200 fatalities annually in the U.S., many of them preventable with proper inflation and inspection."
Daily pre- and post-trip inspections create a safety net that protects drivers, equipment, and the motoring public by transforming risk into actionable maintenance. Tires are the most failure-prone and often underestimated vehicle component; each steer axle tire has a contact patch about the size of an adult hand yet supports roughly 6,000 pounds while steering massive combined loads. Tires accounted for one out of every five CVSA 2024 out-of-service citations (2,821 defects). NHTSA reports nearly 11,000 tire-related crashes and almost 200 fatalities annually, and FMCSA research identifies tire faults as the most common vehicle-related factor in fatal large truck crashes.
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