Ready For The Airless Tire?

[SB 405]

These tires are airless and are scheduled to be out on the market very soon.
The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these tires.
This is what great R&D will do, and just think of the impact on existing technology: A. no more air valves…
B. no more air compressors at gas stations…
C. no more repair kits…
D. no more flats…
Scroll down & see. These are actual pictures taken in the South Carolina plant of Michelin.http://strangeandcool.net/images/tires/tires2.jpg
http://strangeandcool.net/images/tires/tires3.jpg
http://strangeandcool.net/images/tires/tires4.jpg
http://strangeandcool.net/images/tires/tires5.jpg
http://strangeandcool.net/images/tires/tires6.jpg


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[Fire1]

Its cool but i would be worried about the edge catching on something

[TheForceCHP]

I think this was first released about 4 years ago and still nothing new has been published about it :sad:

[MelissaPatrice]

The bad news for law enforcement is that spike strips will not work on these tires.

Can you throw a stick through the spokes instead? :biggrin:

[carcop]

Can you throw a stick through the spokes instead? :biggrin:

I'm willing to bet that POLICY would prohibit you from throwing the stick .... after all, what happens when the vehcile flips and lands on it's roof. :redface::lol:

[carcop]

However on a seperate note: Will it still be "cool" to put the playing cards in the spokes to make that cool ..... drdrdrdrrdrrdrrddrdrdrdrdr sound.

[PapaBear]

Seeing this thread reminded me of these sections:


Solid Tire
560. A "solid tire" is a tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load.

Solid Tire
22409. No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any solid tire when such vehicle has a gross weight as set forth in the following table at any speed in excess of the speed set forth opposite such gross weight:

[Table shows the maximum speed for vehicles equipped with any solid tire based upon combined weight of vehicle and load.]* When gross weight of vehicle and load is: Maximum speed in miles per hour:
10,000 lbs. or more but less than 16,000 lbs 25
16,000 lbs. or more but less than 22,000 lbs 15
22,000 lbs. or more 12

* The bracketed information has been added editorially to meet accessibility requirements and is not part of statute.


Thickness of Solid Tire
27450. When any vehicle is equipped with any solid tire, the solid tire shall have a minimum thickness of resilient rubber as follows:

(a) If the width of the tire is three inches but less than six inches, one inch thick.

(b) If the width of the tire is six inches but not more than nine inches, 1/4 inches thick.

(c) If the width of the tire is more than nine inches, 1/2 inches thick.

Measurement of Solid Tire
27451. The rubber of a solid tire shall be measured between the surface of the roadway and the nearest metal part of the base flange to which the tire is attached at the point where the concentrated weight of the vehicle bears upon the surface of the roadway.

Condition of Solid Tire
27452. The required thickness of rubber shall extend evenly around the entire periphery of the tire. The entire solid tire shall be securely attached to the channel base and shall be without flat spots or bumpy rubber.

27453. There shall not be an average difference greater than 1/8
inch between the outside diameters of each single tire composing a
dual solid rubber tire.

Pneumatic Tires: Maximum Width: Performance Standards
35101. When any vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, the maximum width from the outside of one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite outer wheel and tire shall not exceed 108 inches, but the outside width of the body of the vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed 102 inches.

Vehicles manufactured, reconstructed, or modified after the effective date of amendments to this section enacted during the 1983 portion of the 1983-84 Regular Session of the Legislature, to utilize the 102 inch maximum width dimension, shall be equipped with axles, tires, and wheels of sufficient width to adequately and safely stabilize the vehicle. The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall conduct tests relating to the dynamic stability of vehicles utilizing body widths over 96 inches, up to and including 102 inches, to determine the necessity for establishing performance standards under the authority of Section 34500. Such standards if established shall be consistent with width standards established by or under the authority of the United States Department of Transportation.

Amended Ch. 145, Stats. 1983. Effective June 28, 1983.

[Fire1]

well that kinda puts a damper on things

[UCSHAPF]

Somebody had to break out the Vehicle Code.:hitwall:

[Yzeman]

Somebody had to break out the Vehicle Code.:hitwall:
The scary thing is.....Papa typed all of that from memory! :shock:

[ResQ]

The scary thing is.....Papa typed all of that from memory! :shock: :biggrin:

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7569/springwheel03.jpg (http://www.imagehosting.com/)

[AmbuDriver03]

ResQ that's a pretty interesting article... so Maybe Michelin finally got something going 70 years later?

[gabriel]

Somebody had to break out the Vehicle Code.:hitwall:

Did you expect anything less from a CHP Sergeant!? :biggrin::lol:

[SB 405]

New test photo just released.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4906/donktv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

[bplusmc]

:doh::tape:

[Vinnie]

Somebody had to break out the Vehicle Code.:hitwall:

I wonder if Michelin has all the money and lobbyists they need to get all those pesky laws changed. I mean hell, it worked for Motorola/Plantronics with the ridiculous headset law...