Bill seeks ban on selling old tires

by Patrick Everett Tadeo 28 Jan 2010

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COMMENTS

• abugeorge says MR. Honorable Rep. Narciso Santiago III of the ARC party-list, it is not in the best interest of the filipino motorists to be coerced into buying new tire only, we have no rubber tire industry to speak of, good quality tires have to be imported, we are a poor country, new tires or old tires are all good, provided it is cheap. You should follow the example made senator Mar Roxas in reducing the prices of medicines, please do the right things and reduce the prices of new tires by 90%. (28 January 2010)
• John Agustin says Compromising yourself by buying used tires also means having no regards to the safety of other motorists an pedestrians. If one can afford buying, driving and maintaining a car, one must also be held responsible for buying new sets of threads after its road life. (29 January 2010)
• iAGREE says agree with john agustin. but, we are a nation of cheapskates and bravados. buying fenced goods, esp cars; riding bikes without the necessary protective gear, esp helmets; failing to follow vehicles pm's; and buying secondhand: clothes, cars, tires, surplus, etc. :) (29 January 2010)
• PUJ says First, look at our public transport and tell me if their tires are still road worthy. (29 January 2010)
• abugeorge says You are assuming sir, that all the old tires are unsafe which I believe is wrong. Let me tell you that the job of a jeepney drivers, beside taking his passengers safety to the destination, he must also earn enough money to provide for his family, sometime other family if he had a bad day. How he do it is up to his witt, he will not bring his jeepney to casa for repairs and spend severals day earning to pay for it, he will buy used parts to fix his jeepney and pay it with the parts it replace. One thing I am sure he will not do is to tell everyboby to buy a new tire when an old tire can do the job. Blessed are those peoples who have the means to bring their car to "CASA" for repair, buy a new set of tires, car battery every two years, as these remove the headaches of owning a car. Let us look at things those poor jeepney drivers have to deal with daily, road bullies, policemen, traffic aids, yellow traffic aids of binay autonomous municipality of makati, beggars, bayani-MMDA, sampaguita pushers and others. Those being blessed should leave those hardup drivers alone, and make the best to keep it. God is mercifull, he will look after everybody safety as seen in these "God Bless Our Trip" sign posted in the jeepney next to "Jeepney driver, Great Lover" sign. (29 January 2010)
• kdb says @abugeorge, being a PUV driver is not an excuse for endangering the lives of other motorists. And your second to the last sentence is the reason why we have many undisciplined motorcycle && PUV drivers on our roads. They are not punished for going against the law since you always bring the leave them alone since they are poor argument. (29 January 2010)
• kurap says stop complaining...more import tax money for the government...aside from toll fee added vat...old tires are old tires period..there's no such word as "RECONDITION TIRES"..like the US allow the use of recondition tires after rigid inspections, especially to their large vehicles. john,iagree&kdb try telling that to a juan dela cruz who uses recondition "rekap" tires for decades without a single incident.. convince them to use their hard earned money to buy new tires..lol (29 January 2010)
• nyek says nakakatamad naman yang basahin mas mahaba pa yata ung cinomment nyu kesa sa article ehh peru may point naman kayu ehh peru iklian nyu XD hehehe (29 January 2010)
• John Agustin says @kdb - "US allow the use of recondition tires after rigid inspections" And where do we get these strict and rigid inspections conducted? Where o we get the money from it? If we, basing on your argument are too frugal to spend our hard-earned money on new tires, how on earth are we going to afford a system that the US has? US has a thriving rubber industry that they can afford such. Do the road conditions here in the Philippines equal those of abroad? These are questions that need to be addressed first. Let us not go to the "rich-vs-poor argument". He have reconditioned surplus engines, chassis an tires, what is so safe with this scenario? Being frugal and practical is always a good thing, but not if it means compromising the safety of others. (30 January 2010)
• abugeorge says Safety issue is a poor excuse for a stranger to impose their will upon others, you should worry that someday squaters will tell you to leave your house because it is not safe. A good way out of this is for those "concerned safety prophets" to give loans for those poors to buy a new tires, maybe a new car if you think driving an old car is a safety issue. Show them your money or leave them alone, learn something from Madonna "Material world." (30 January 2010)
• Benedicto M. Andres says The best solution is to put the manufacturing date on the tire itself... (31 January 2010)
• kdb says @John Agustin, para kay kurap ata post mo. @abugeorge, why is safety a poor excuse? If you are willing to risk your life then so be it but do not risk the lives of others. Otherwise, you are just plain selfish and inconsiderate. Mas matakot ka kung na-involve ka sa accident dahil sa unsafe cars. (01 February 2010)
• Abugeorge says Old tires causes safety hazard on the road? Fat chance, look at the traffic gridlock. Drunk driving, speeding, maybe yes. (01 February 2010)
• Pex says @kdb sorry man wrong post. Forcing safety onto others is a poor excuse? when does forcing safety to others such a bad thing? Safety I believe is something that needs to be forced or else educated upon. You might have said it yourself - A good way out of this is for those "concerned safety prophets" to give loans for those poors to buy a new tires. Maybe that is a better way of dealing with this issue. Having traffic gridlocks does not mean disregarding safety. What about people who travel long distances? (01 February 2010)
• abugeorge says Thanks Pex for bringing life back to this deadly discussion, it break's my heart to see boys loosing their cool and bringing up accident, dead on a public forum. I guess many did get the real meaning of People Power I, It bring down Marcos and restore freedom, nobody can force anything, even god on anybody as some phophets think it is their holy duty. Education, yes, but we do not need congressmen to pass law to tell us. My worry is we might be force to buy a new sets of tires everytime we renew our car registration, and I will thank those who will give us money or free new tires. thks. (01 February 2010)
• Ferman says @Benedict, The date of manufacture is stamped on every tire, so in this regard the bill is useless. Most tire manufacturers warranty their tires for a period of 5 years. There is a self imposed policy among tire manufacturers that any tire that's older than 5 years will no longer be made for sale to the public. Most locally available tires usually carry a 5 year warranty from the date of purchase, as long as the date of purchase is within 5 years of the date of manufacture. However, again there is no industry data on how long tires can actually be stored before they will start to deteriorate either during use or in storage. (12 February 2010)