Firstly, the item being known in Malaysian terms as 'tayar celup", has a 'horrifying ' effect on the motoists' subconscious negligence towards road safety.
Many a time, peeled tyre strips strewn over highways would suggest that 'retreaded tyres' are unsafe.
This mindset of Malaysian drivers has been deeply rooted due to their misunderstanding of the 'retreads' (short for retreaded tyres).
Without proper knowledge of the product, and the observance to a properly deployed maintenance program, anything in this world could be rendered 'dangerous'.
The fact that Malaysians are totally ignorant to the employment of 'retreads' on an aircraft's landing gear, speaks so much of our misunderstanding towards the good side of a retreaded tyre.
A new tyre, costing up to tens of thousands of ringgit a piece, can last up to 4 trips of runway taxi-ing, and 4 trips of landing before the treads run out.
It is 'retreads' that keeps the tyre carcass in service for an extended time, a typical aircraft tyre could be retreaded up to 15 times before retiring. After that, the carcass would be grounded into powder form, and added to asphalt and tar which makes up the material for our roads.
Without retreading, your usual air ticket would run into 20-fold of what you are presently paying.
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