Re: [FWDLK] 20/20 Fiasco
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Re: [FWDLK] 20/20 Fiasco



Remember that 20/20 is an entertainment program. If they say something that has no validity or truth, they'll claim it was their best information at the time, and take no responsibility for propagating lies and misunderstandings. Their only interest is viewers, and if they can gain notoriety by creating controversy, so much the better.

A national TV program called "The Today Show" recently did just that by "reporting" misinformation and misunderstanding about plastic bottles. Look and listen carefully and watch for the same type of lies from this report.

Mike Higgins
1955 Belvedere Sport Coupe.


----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:18 PM
Subject: [FWDLK]


Just read this on ABC News and am passing it on. This is old news to many of us but some may not be aware of the danger. Tune in and make up your own mind about risking your big investment.
Ray

The U.S. tire industry is refusing to give American motorists the same warning given to car owners in Europe and Asia about the possible dangers of tires six years old or older.

More than 100 deaths in the U.S. have been attributed to aged tires which dried out and lost their treads, even though they appeared to be safe, according to Sean Kane, who heads a private auto safety firm and consults with the federal government.

With no warning from the industry or the federal government, safety experts say the only way for consumers to protect themselves is to learn how to read the cryptic code embedded on a tire's sidewall which reveals the year and week a tire was manufactured.

A full report on how to break the code will appear Friday on the ABC News program "20/20."

The code is at the end of a jumble of letters and numbers on the tire and, until recently, was on the inward side of the tire requiring motorists to climb under the car to read the number.

For example, the number 418 indicates the tire was manufactured in the 41st week of 1998 and is 10 years old.

 "U.S. consumers are left in the dark on this issue," said Kane.

A tire older than six years old, even if it's never been driven a mile, "is like a ticking time bomb. You don't know what's going on inside. That's what makes it so dangerous," said Kane in an interview for broadcast on "20/20."

Watch the full report on "20/20" Friday at 10 p.m. ET.

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