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Tire aging: a human factors analysis of failure to warn and inform

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wogalter, Michael S. | Laughery, Kenneth R.

Affiliations: Psychology Department, North Carolina State University, 640 Poe Hall, CB 7650, Raleigh, NC 27695-7650 USA | Psychology Department, Rice University, Sewall Hall, Houston, TX USA

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Keywords: Tires, Aging, Manufacture Date, Safety, Warnings

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0115-3624

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 3624-3628, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

A scenario of an automotive accident caused by tire failure is given followed by a human factors analysis of the information available to consumers on tire aging. Consumers have not been told that the age of the tire is a safety concern. It is not easy to decode the date of manufacture on tires. More publicity and prominent warnngs are needed to communicate the dangers of older tires. Also, better ways to present the date of manufacture so that consumers can more easily and accurately assess tire age are needed.

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