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baltimoresun.com
Maryland - ~Makers, dealers oppose bill to require label~
For Gary "Pappy" Boward, the prospect of the tread stripping off an aging tire on his van or car is scary enough. The possibility of it happening on his motorcycle is downright terrifying.
Boward, chairman of the motorcycle rights group ABATE, came to Annapolis Tuesday to call on the General Assembly to pass a bill that would require tire dealers in Maryland to inform consumers of research showing that tires deteriorate with age and that a federal agency recommends they be replaced after six years even if the tread depth is adequate.
"If you have a catastrophic failure on the front tire of your motorcycle or even the back tire ..., you're going to have a very bad event," Boward said after testifying before the House Economic Matters Committee.
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