[sfasfsafd]

"TPMS sensor light is on (major safety risk)"

It really isn't. (very) low tire pressure is a major safety risk. The TPMS sensors I've had all seem to go off at minor deviations (few psi) from the tire pressure; deviations that aren't a safety risk.

A useful reminder that the winter is coming, but hardly a major safety risk.

[matt-attack]

Close to 300 people died [1] in the 90s due to improperly inflated tires. Sorry, but I don't screw around with safety factors like this when I'm being hurled down freeway interchanges at 70 mph.

> The TPMS sensors I've had all seem to go off at minor deviations

Good (IMHO)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_contro...

[schwap]

Uh no, according to your own source they died because of tread separation caused by a number of factors, one of which may have been underinflation. But in this example the 'underinflated' value was manufacturer recommended, so a TPMS wouldn't have helped anyways.

[throwawayaway12]

300 deaths seems like a very insignificant figure to be worked up over.

[dTal]

Seriously. Ten times that number die in traffic accidents in the US daily.

If that's your level of risk sensitivity, don't get in a car.

[ls612]

What? About 100 people die from road vehicles per day in the US, not 3000.

[dTal]

Ah sorry, that's the global statistic, not the US statistic.

Still, both statistics illustrate the point - 300 deaths a few decades ago involving faulty tires that may have been exacerbated by manufacturer-recommended underinflation have basically 0 bearing on the marginal risk of driving with a TPMS warning light illuminated.