| Is using a tire pressure gauge enough to ensure that | | | | happened differently if you had some type of device |
| your tires maintain their recommended tire pressure? | | | | that let you know while you were traveling on the |
| Well, that depends on whether you use it or not. If | | | | road that the right rear wheel on your camper was |
| you use it, the answer is yes. If you don't use it, the | | | | loosing pressure and was dangerously low on air? |
| answer is no. | | | | You would have pulled over and added air to your |
| I know from experience that not using your tire | | | | tire, wouldn't you. |
| gauge is not only stupid, but dangerous. I used to | | | | Well, there is such a device. It's the Hopkins Tire |
| travel a lot in my job as a territory manager and | | | | Pressure Monitoring System. It has a compact, |
| although I had my car serviced on a regular basis, a | | | | programmable wireless monitor you can mount to |
| tire leak can be something that the best car service | | | | your dash that co-ordinates with sensors attached to |
| providers may not be able to detect. | | | | the valves on your tires to let you monitor your tire |
| The result of that was that I had a blowout zipping | | | | pressure. Did you know that by the time you can |
| down the Interstate at 75 miles per hour on a Friday | | | | visually tell that your tire is low, that it has already |
| afternoon. I had been on the road all that week and | | | | lost 40% of its pressure? |
| was headed home. Luckily, I got the car stopped and | | | | Maintaining the recommended tire pressure in your |
| other than needing a new tire, was none the worse | | | | tires will keep your tire tread even, reduce wear and |
| for the experience with the exception of being | | | | tear and you'll get better gas mileage. As an added |
| scared out of my wits. | | | | plus, you, your family and your property will be safe |
| Now, imagine what would happen if you are driving a | | | | on the road. Vacation time is on the way and many |
| vehicle, pulling a camper or boat and you have a | | | | of us will be traveling on the road instead of doing a |
| blowout. Pretty serious stuff. There are many | | | | lot of flying or taking cruises this year for obvious |
| different types of tire pressure gauges available on | | | | reasons. Please, no matter which method you use, |
| the market today for you to choose from that let | | | | check your tire pressure. |
| you manually check each tire, but what would have | | | | |