Sitting here at Discount Tire

I picked up the habit of running with my lights on from driving a semi. You would think with a giant Omaha orange semi, you would be seen in the day. Naaw, not at all. As a result, I run my headlights on nearly anytime I'm driving, day, night, twilight, fog, any time. Even if everyone runs their headlights on, the lights are bright enough to grab your attention, even in the day. It's good safety practice, and I think if one did the research, people who do this have reduced, if not greatly reduced incidents of wrecks from other drivers hitting them.

I remember articles from 25 years ago talking about how DRLs reduced incidents of collision so I always ran with the headlights on even before having DRLs. I don't think automobiles using DRLs increases the chances of accident for motorcycles.

i hate tpms.

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Originally Posted by tmleadr03

200? I am currently demoing a 1500 dollar tool for my shop to see if I actually want to buy it. Lowest cost one I have seen is ~800. With much less in the feature department.

ETA: 1600? What tires did you get if you don't mind me asking.

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Sounds worse than it is. Something or other 'Blizzaks' mounted on the cheapest rims they could source for my Nissan Titan, which has some relatively odd tire or lugnut size or something. The rims were $140/per.

The tool is not the TPMS tool itself. It is some sort of pig-tail device specific to the Nissan. I guess you hook it into the auxiliary harness on the truck, and then into your higher-priced tire reset gizmo. Without using it, the tire sensors lose their registration after you turn off the car. Whatever it does can't be worth $200, since you can simulate it's effects with a paper clip and setting your tires to four different pressures.

Why did you need new wheels as well?

Because I am uninterested in carting them in and paying someone to mount them every year, since I can't do it myself, and I don't want to have to do it when the weather has turned to crap. This way, I can slap them on or off on my own time.

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Originally Posted by Ridge

Why did you need new wheels as well?

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Don't you have snows on separate rims? It's more up front, but so much easier to deal with.

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Originally Posted by Rooskibar03

Thought they had something to do with our friends at Ford and Firestone but never confirmed that.

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Running joke back in the late 70- 80's. What's the safest car on the road? Ford Pinto with 721's

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Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo

Don't you have snows on separate rims? It's more up front, but so much easier to deal with.

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I have all seasons on the factory rims, but I've been debating on getting a 2nd set of sensors, or just swapping them back and forth. I'm thinking I might just put all seasons on my other set of rims, and leave the current set without sensors for track use.

As this NHTSA study shows ( from 1998) the effectiveness of the Third Brake light had fallen from 36%( during testing) to 4% by 1995.

The Long-Term Effectiveness of Center High Mounted Stop Lamps ...

The study does not speculate why ( not that I saw during a quick read at least) but here my opinion .. when it was uncommon it stuck out and people noticed once it became commonplace it lost it's effectiveness because it became "normal"

DRL if mandatory will become common place and all the advantages they give will be lost . just like the 3rd brake light. this will of course have the largest effect on motorcyclist since the whole reason they have the headlight on anytime they are running is to increase safety by making them stick out. once they are just a light in a sea of lights.. blam no more safety advantage.