Tire safety can prevent high car insurance rates

One way drivers can steer clear of accidents that may otherwise raise their car insurance rates is to pay close attention to tire safety.

A recent report on Discovery.com's Planet Green blog offers several tips on how to ensure that a car's tires stay safe.

The article advises drivers to keep their tires properly inflated and their wheels correctly aligned and balanced, while also avoid driving habits that can wear out tires, such as screeching to a halt and going over potholes too quickly.

A report on Colorado's KJCT-TV notes that a tire's age can also affect its safety, especially in light of how some can sit for years at a time unsold on a store's shelf.

The report notes that a four-digit code on the side of most tires provides the year and week of manufacture, and that most tires are not built to last longer than six years, either on a store shelf or on a vehicle.

With these things in mind, keeping tire safety in mind can go a long way towards keeping one's car insurance rates down.

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