The main safety device in any vehicle is the DRIVER. You cannot rely on a device to protect yourself. TPMS will not help in a catastrophic failure, and a good feel of the feedback from the steering wheel tells a DRIVER who is aware that a wheel (or something else) is not right. A couple examples, I had a right front blowout on I-10 eastbound, in the left lane passing two tractor trailers going in excess of the speed limit. Since my two hands were on the wheel, I was able to finish passing the trucks (I was almost past the front one), then as the trucks slowed I pulled right, they pulled left, I pulled over onto the dirt off the asphalt shoulder. catastrophic failure, no-one hurt (except a right front rim). Second example, I put my two rear studded snow tires/wheels on my 72 Fury III and headed home from the air base in SD, to our home in Piedmont. The trip was 97% interstate, about 3/4 way home I felt car becoming squirrely. Pulled over, found both snow tires very low. Turns out they were stored in landlords basement next to a large electric motor, and the ozone from the motor broke down the rubber in the mounted tire/rim set over the preceding summer (I asked him to store them he did). Point is, the driver should not rely on a light to know his/her tires are correct.


HeII, gadgets are nice, but people should be a lot more aware of their surroundings. Especially when it comes to their safety and operation of their vehicles. This is one area I do not rely on some gadget. It is also good to be in a state where the nanny mongers are not in a majority.