According to the Voice of Economy “Yangguang Finance Review,” tires are extremely important for the performance and safety of automobiles. Last year, Kumho tire quality doors made everyone's attention to tires soar. However, many people don't pay attention to spare tires that often lie in the car's trunk and only appear in emergency situations.

What is the current status of the production and use of automobile spare tires in China? Luo Lei, a special commentator on the Voice of the Economy and deputy secretary-general of the China Automobile Dealers Association, made a presentation: Luo Lei: At present, most of the mainstream cars purchased by consumers have problems in cars sold on the national market. Spare tires are not full-size or, in other words, should be smaller. This should not be an individual phenomenon but rather common. General spare tires are normally understood as temporary replacements selected in emergency situations. Therefore, manufacturers based on such considerations may not conform to normal tires in terms of tire size and material selection in order to save costs.

What are the hidden dangers of using a smaller size tire? Mainly because of the small size, it is not compatible with other tires, there is a situation with the ground attachment rate, four rounds of inaccurate use, if used for a long time will cause security risks. Other countries have relevant laws and standards. These regulations and standards have particularly emphasized that auto manufacturers have the right to choose whether to use non-complete tires. If non-full-size tires are used as spare tires, they must To inform consumers that warnings should be issued to eliminate consumer misunderstandings during the consumption process, mainly security risks.

Reporter: In the survey, more than 80% of the respondents hope that the purchased cars should be equipped with spare tires with the same specifications and quality as the most commonly used tires. Is there a need for such a mandatory standard in China's spare tires for cars?

Luo Lei believes that the relevant government departments should establish the appropriate standards as soon as possible: Luo Lei: Because China's consumer environment is not the same as foreign countries, and some companies choose full-size tires. Because China's consumption environment is very different from that of foreign countries, most consumers have less experience in car companies or cars, or there is a certain gap between them and foreign countries in terms of safety awareness. In this case, our Consumers should have the right to know. In addition, the road environment is not the same. Many cities in our country are full of construction sites and are full of potholes. There is also a use environment. For example, we may have a long driving distance and a long period of use, so the tire requirements in this case will be higher. Therefore, from this point of view, the use of full-size tires is more suitable for China's national conditions. Therefore, relevant domestic government authorities should also establish some relevant industry standards or some industry policies in this regard as soon as possible to regulate our behavior in regulating the use of spare tires.