First Name | Nathan |
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Last Name | Smith |
Email Address | nate@optimalauto.com |
Affiliation | Nate Smith's Optimal Auto Care |
Subject | tirepres09 |
Comment | I too have some concerns about your proposed legislation. 1) You have not adequately addressed the tire temperature issue. If all the printed specifications are for cold tires, and if we are required to inflate only to the vehicle manufacturer's specified pressure, then any tires we check and inflate when hot will still be underinflated. You specifically say not to drop the hot tire pressure to the cold standard else the tire will be underinflated. I suggest that because there is no standard for proper inflation for a hot tire that this proposed regulation is a fool's quest and therefore should be abandoned. 2) You have made it impossible for industry to comment on your proposed "Best Practices" document - prior to adopting this regulation - since it does not yet exist. We do not have the ability to examine and comment on how you propose to address the issues of non-original tire sizes, non-original wheel sizes, non-original load ratings, and all temperatures other than cold. This is unfair to industry. I request that you do not proceed with this regulation until a "best practices" document has been created and commented upon by industry. 3) It is unclear how an ARD is to handle this proposed regulation in a number of cases: (a) For example, we do not currently write a work order if a customer stops by to have us replace a brake light bulb or wiper blades. Yes, we do sell them the part, but we do not charge them any labor charge to install the part they just bought. Does this regulation apply in this case? Clearly we are an ARD and not a parts store. (b) We often have a Body Shop bring us a vehicle to read and clear airbag codes after they have done a repair. They do not own the car and they only want us to perform this one task. Do we need to force them to have the tire pressures checked? They are my customer, but they do not own the car. 4) Why did you exempt Body Shops? They will often have a car for weeks until it is repaired. Shouldn't it be just as important for them to check that car's tire pressures before releasing it back to the customer? |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-07-05 10:29:47 |
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