Modern Tires Ruin the Roads

Only if you are an MP or Bush.

 

Matt, sorry to jump in here late but that's just not true, at least not in
state of Oregon.

A couple years back OR had state highway 217 repaved. Within 2 years
the surface was deeply grooved. Problem was traced to improper composition
of materials used for the road. The contractor ended up coming back in
and paying (mostly) for a repave with the correct materials.

It's a real small community of people in the country that puts these jobs
out for bid, and most states competitive bid processes have mechanisms
that the purchasing people can use to invalidate bids made by companies
who cannot prove they have the wherewithal to actually do the work, or
who have histories of screwing over other purchasers, etc.

Ted

 

That isn't what I was talking about. Performing to the currently
accepted standards isn't the same as trying to raise the bar, exceed the
standards and find better methods.

Again, I wasn't talking about weeding out the bad apples. I was talking
about the competitive bid process not encouraging performance beyond the
bare minimum required to get the job.

Matt

 

That works as long as the people running the contracting system are not
corrupt, but that's why we have elections (which work as long as the
people running *those* are not corrupt).

Bill Putney
(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with the letter 'x')

 

Of course, they didn't channel water worth a shit, but what the heck is a
little hydroplaning between friends, eh Nomo?

 

Coarse zig zag sipes channel water much better than the circumferential
sipes common on "cooler looking" low profile tires of today.

 

LMAO!