Unelected California Bureaucrats Just Restricted What Types Of Replacement Tires Citizens Can Buy

Democrats are constantly yammering about “Democracy!”, yet, they constantly have groups of unelected bureaucrats making rules that affect all citizens and jacking up their lives

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California regulators on Monday approved new rules that will restrict what tires you can buy when it’s time to replace them on your car.

In a unanimous vote, the California Energy Commission voted to adopt new rules that will phase out the sale of replacement tires that don’t meet certain energy efficiency standards.

“This ultimately is about protecting consumers,” said David Hochschild, the chairman of the California Energy Commission. “I see this as sheltering the public from higher costs in the long run.”

Tire manufacturers and the commission’s staff are at odds over whether this will add to the cost of living in the state. Both sides acknowledged this will no longer allow the sale of a significant portion of the tires currently sold in California.

You’ll pay a lot more for tires while saving a couple dollars in “efficiency”. Always run when a Democrat talks about “protecting consumers”. The only bright side is this doesn’t kick in for years

The first phase would begin in 2029, which would allow the sale of tires with a maximum rolling resistance level of 9.1 newtons per kilonewton (N/kN). In phase 2, the standard lowers to 7.2 (N/kN) starting in 2033. The commission came up with the standards after testing 537 types of tires.

If it’s so imperative to save citizens money and stop climate doom why is it always in the future?

According to the commission’s staff, the rules are meant to ensure replacement tires sold in California are at least as energy efficient on average as the tires that come with the car or truck when it’s originally sold. The CEC claims Californians could save $79 in four months in gas or electricity costs under phase 1, and about $153 in phase 2 within seven months.

Not a chance in hell those numbers are real from fuel savings, and then we figure that the tires will cost a lot more.

Bret Gladfelty, on behalf of Goodyear, told the commission that this will increase costs for consumers and said the commission had yet to resolve technical and legal issues with the rules.

In a letter to the CEC, Gladfelty had questioned the data the CEC released to the public about the cost of new tires, noting that while the commission says the price increases average about $6.50 per tire in phase 2, Gladfelty warned increase costs could actually end up being in the several hundreds of dollars.

Gladfelty told KCRA 3 this new rule will eliminate an estimated 70% of the tires currently sold in California by 2033.

I wonder how many Californians will head to Nevada, Arizona, and Oregon to get tires? Which means a lot of stores in California will lose money and maybe go out of business.