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In 2006, 42,642 lives were crashed in the US due to motor vehicle accidents; a huge number that is really threatening, especially for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). For NHTSA, this is something that requires a budget of $851 million from the Highway Trust Fund for the Fiscal Year 2009 to support its projects.

This amount of money is allotted to four divisions, each one aiming to decrease vehicular accidents and the number of lives sacrificed on the highways; these are Vehicular Safety Research, Highway Safety and Research Development, National Driver Register and lastly, for the Highway Traffic Safety Grants and High Visibility Enforcement which has the most allotted budget of $601 million.

Focusing on the one that requires the highest budget among the four, the Highway Traffic Safety Grants and High Visibility Enforcement is divided into eight highway traffic safety grant programs which can eventually reduce motor vehicle crashes, deaths and injuries with Child Safety and Child Booster Seat Safety Incentive Grants amounting to a $7 million budget and Seat Belt Performance Grants requiring $124.5 million.

This is obviously a huge and totally no joke budget indeed. But certainly, this is the authority’s way of reducing deaths on the road.

Replacing your car tires is like buying yourself a new pair of shoes. Your shoes protect your feet from whatever that could hurt them and refrains you from slipping on the wet. Choosing your tires takes a lot of consideration for not one tire fits all and each one has its own specification that can catch your attention.

First thing you need to know is how to determine if your tires already need replacements? I’m sure you wouldn’t want to replace still good in condition tires for this means a lot of money wasted. To know if you’ve got tired tires is just so easy through the built-in tread wear indicators. If the tread is almost gone or it has cracks or thin breaks, it’s time to say goodbye to your old tires; if the ridges and grooves are still defined, the tire is still in good shape.

You could test the tread by using a coin to further check the tire’s condition by placing a penny in the tread wit the head facing you. If the top of the head can be seen, the treads are already worn out, or this means, the tread is already 1/16 of an inch. This depth is proportional to the grip that your tires can do on the road especially when it is raining or snowing.

So after checking your tires, you should proceed with finding the best replacement for them. The best way to determine if your replacements will match your car, check the side of the tire and see the code written on it. This code matches a specific size and capabilities of your tires. Just use this code and match it with the new tire you will buy.