TNO-research: better links care 43 deaths per year

Posted on 02-07-2014 at 22:25 by MauritsH – 21 Comments”

If we massively would switch to triple-A tyres, according to TNO more advantages than you think.

That these bands are not or difficult to obtain, TNO not stop to investigate the potential benefits of this type of band. The AAA status is short, in that these types score well in the areas of noise, wet grip and fuel consumption.

In regards to fuel economy tires on D-level as an average taken. A move to AAA-tyres would be an annual saving to be able to deliver 117 euros. There may still be additional savings by the wear of the tires themselves to monitor and restrict (more information here). In addition, it can better handling on wet roads by ensuring a reduction of 43 deaths per year, 260 serious injuries and 364 lichtgewonden. Although this absolutely beautiful figures are, it seems to me that this is in practice difficult to test. Which is a better tire, more grip and therefore a safer road behaviour is a simple optelsommetje, but where such numbers are based on is puzzling.

A nice side effect for the taxpayer is that the tires for an annual savings can take care of 938 million euros in societal costs. Whether and how the government, the assembly of these supersloffen going to promote (for example with subsidies or discounts) is at this moment not yet clear. Suppose The Hague, indeed, decide to by means of financial incentives the purchase of the tyres to give an extra boost, then compensates for that eventually of course the possible benefits. The entire TNO-report is also online to read.

With thanks to Toyota for the tip!