Years ago, I could not drive anywhere without a spare tire. In the 50's when I first started driving, I needed two sets of tires. There are summer tires and winter tires. If you got 25,000 miles, you were lucky. If you could get 50 miles without a flat tire, back in the early years of the car, it was a milestone. The car had extra tires and rims on both sides.
So how is today?
According to Road & Travel Magazine, in 2007, about 1 million drivers needed roadside assistance in June, July and August, due to tire-related problems. This is equivalent to about 4 million "reported" tire related issues each year. There are probably many not reported.
But to protect the inconvenience of a flat tire, compare to carry a giant spare tire and carry a spare bumper for damage due to a rear collision.
Usually, there are about 2 million rear collisions each year. Clearly, there are at least two vehicles per rear collision, which will damage at least 4 million vehicles. This is almost the same as a vehicle reporting tire-related problems. The National Traffic Safety Administration estimates that there will be at least twice as many back collisions that have not been reported. Therefore, assuming that there are the same number of unreported flat tires, there is almost the same probability for both of these accidents.
But considering another type of accident that could hurt the back of your car (such as a backing accident (estimated 3 million)), it is not a tire's tire to fix that tire but your rear A spare bumper punctured tire to protect. Also, considering the most frequent vehicle accidents, even if you hit during parking, the scale will become even thinner. For example, the possibility of a hit while the vehicle is parked is twice as likely to be hit and may get caught in the rear collision. We expect 4 million at the front and 4 million at the rear so that you can hit an estimated 8 million vehicles while parking.
What is the conclusion?
The probability of causing a rear collision, boosting an accident, or hitting the rear during parking is 2 to 3 times faster than a flat tire. So we have a spare tire. We really need to carry spare bumpers.
But, is there something like a spare bumper?
Well, with most pickup trucks and receiver hitch found in SUV, you seem to be lucky. Energy-absorbing spare bumpers with crash tests have been on the market that have the same price as the spare tire, hit while parking, and eliminate damage after colliding backwards.
So, if you want to conserve gas, discard a 50 lb spare tire and replace with a 16 lb spare bumper. However, if you are conscious of the safety enough to carry a spare tire, you need to consider a spare bumper. At least three times that giant old spare tire will destroy your car, steal your deduction, hurt your family, and destroy all the weirders, losers, widows who are going to endanger your insurance It is used to scare away.
