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Competition for Pressure Pro (sorry Tom)
Actually, this device may on the surface seem to eliminate the need for people to ever check tire pressures, I doubt it is the complete answer for maintaining pressures.
A slow leak that leaves a tire very low on pressure, or no pressure at all is not going to be corrected by the device and until the device fills the tire to the correct pressure you will be riding on under inflated tires. And we all know that is a recipe for tire failure.
Without a Pressure Pro there is no alert to the driver that the pressures are within range. The device connects to the valve stem where the Pressure Pro would normally be connected. Only an internal TPMS sensor would work if the driver is to get alerts.
But what happens when drivers get so accustomed to a device that automatically fills tires fails? Their clue the device isn’t working is a blowout.
http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/03/10/new-self-inflating-tire-tech-comes-to-heavy-duty-trucks/
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Pretty much standard on all trucks in Germany. might even be a requirement.
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