-----Original Message-----
From: Mark J. Andy <marka@telerama.com>
To: autox mailing list <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: tires...AGAIN?!
>Write the rule that disallows R tires. If you base it on
treadwear (and a
>company cares enough), they'll blow it away by putting whatever
treadwear
>stamp on there that you want to see (just like they currently do
with a
>DOT stamp).
Part A is true and has been publicly stated so by at least one of
the tire companies, however the statement about the DOT stamp is
not accurate. Tires must be submitted to the DOT for testing and
pass the required tests to gain the DOT label.
Bruce
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