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Non-Tech : SmarTire SMTR - Diamond in the Rough? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Trumptown who wrote (2)	5/17/2004 2:46:39 PM
From: Trumptown	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 112

Q2 2004 Earnings...this is worth a read. Sales are on the move (despite inventory shortage - a good thing...now resolved). Plus EPS loss looks like it is near break even now (.02 loss). smartire.com

To: Trumptown who wrote (2)	5/19/2004 2:22:04 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 112

is this true? <<The U.S. Government, through the TREAD Act, has legislated that all new vehicles must be equipped with tire monitoring systems, beginning with a phased implementation in 2003. This Act and subsequent regulation written by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has created a multi-billion dollar opportunity in the tire monitoring industry.>> did a little research this looks like 2007(at the earliest) before any of this will be enforced! From here:http://www.tireindustry.org/government/gov_issues_tread_act.asp Rulemaking Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems Description TREAD Act mandates TPMSs in all vehicles within 2 years of a final rule. The TREAD Act mandated that every new car be equipped with a TPMS. NHTSA published their regulation July 24, 2001 and ITRA and TANA submitted comments on September 6, 2001. [See ITRA’s comments. See TANA’s comments.] The organizations were very concerned that the independent tire dealers are not being given the information they need to install, service and maintain these TPMSs from the OEMs. The organizations were also concerned with NHTSA’s proposed definition for underinflation. The final rule was published June 5, 2002. Unfortunately NHTSA proposed that if a vehicle is using a direct system (with sensors in each tire sending a signal to the dashboard) the TPMS does not have to trigger until the tire is 25 percent below the recommended cold psi. An indirect TPMS (that runs off the anti-lock braking system) does not have to trigger until the tire is 30 percent below the recommended cold psi for that tire. TIA is strongly opposed to NHTSA’s supposed "safety" regulation which in effect allows the motoring public to drive on severely underinflated tires. TIA has supported a petition that NHTSA mandate reserve inflation pressure in tires to offset the TPMS rule. [See letter to NHTSA supporting petition.] Docket Number 2000-8572 History/Status July 24, 2001 NPRM published TANA submitted comments September 6, 2001 ITRA submitted comments September 6, 2001 Final Rule (part 1) published June 5, 2002 Comments due July 22 — TIA will submit comments Final Rule (part 2) will be published in 2005 after further study Did not read this,you may want to:) tireindustry.org