tread-wear indicators

tread-wear indicators
Bars of hard rubber that appear across the treads of a tire. They are 1.5 mm (1/16") above the base of the tread (the legal limit. They become visible when the tread has been worn down so that only 1.5 mm (a sixteenth of an inch) of tread is left. The legal limit may be shown on the sidewall by a symbol or by the letters TWI

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