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Them slowly getting a flat is not going to cause an accident. The low pressure warning is gonna come up well before anything dangerous actually happens
Probably still not going to cause an accident, but not all vehicles have low pressure warning systems. My car doesn't.
They all do. Maybe not an LED, but I promise you'll get a warning anyway as soon as you drive.
Most do, obviously excepting older vehicles. It's mandatory per Federal law in the US since the 2007 model year, and I believe the 2014 model year in the EU.
Still, in the nearly a century prior people managed to deal with unexpected flat tires and slow air leaks even without such electronic geegaws just fine.
Fair enough but still it’s not gonna be like a blowout
Eventually it might because we're human, cheap and, stupid.
Lol, it's a government vehicle. I'd be willing to bet that warning is on all the time. The sending units are integrated into the valvestem and cost a lot more than old school valvestems.
Even retail they're only like $25 a pop, which granted is more than the buck-or-less of a normal rubber valve stem but probably pretty negligible if you're on a government budget. They're less in bulk. The real bitch is you need to dismount the tire from the rim to get at it, then remount and balance it. And then get the vehicle to learn the new sensor ID code which for some vehicles can't be done onboard and requires a separate gadget.