Bald tires can get drivers more than a slide down an icy hill this winter. Fed up with traffic snarls on Interstate 70 during the ski season, the Colorado Department of Transportation is embarking on ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — As winter weather returns to western Washington, it's a good time to make sure everything on your vehicle is functioning properly -- including your tires. The old way to test your ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa, March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- E-Solution Professionals (ESP) has developed technology that allows vehicle users to calculate tire tread depth by using their smartphone camera. The ...

Most people probably don’t remember the last time they checked the tread on their tires, if they’ve even done it at all. The common method involves holding a penny or a quarter in the groove and ...

DURHAM, N.C. – Tire sensor and data management company Tyrata Inc. is claiming it has achieved repeatable results in tracking "millimeter-scale" changes in tread depth in a variety of OEM passenger ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Aperia Technologies is rolling out new tread depth diagnostics features within its Halo Connect i3 tire management system to help fleets further optimize tire life, road safety and ...

Years ago, I was on my way to work on a dark, snowy morning. Visibility was limited as snow gusts swirled around me, but a quick glance to my right revealed several cars stranded in a ditch. That’s ...

Discount Tire is rolling out a mobile tire tread depth reader that will be connected to Department of Transportation data. The scanner, which will be deployed across nearly 1,100 Discount Tire stores, ...

“Gridlock Guy” Doug Turnbull explains why safety advocates have switched from the “penny test” to the “quarter test” to check tire tread-depth and why it isn’t because the U.S. Mint stopped stamping ...