Our goal is to provide the safest and most carefree tire available, and one of the best investments you'll ever make!Absolute Safety Tires (AST) is an Oregon based technology group formed to create and develop an advanced and novel safety tire. Features of the Absolute Safety Tire should differentiate us in the marketplace and be well received by manufacturers and end users. The new design includes features that will selectively extend and retract studs to enhance winter traction, produce compressed air to maintain correct pressure within the tires and provide a visual and audible indication of tire wear beyond the recommended limit. The safety enhancing features should greatly improve driver comfort and safety as well as reduce costly road damage by providing the selective deployment of studs when needed and retraction away from the road surface when not. Activation of the studs can be accomplished by a valve at the wheel/tire or by remote activation from within the vehicle or automatically as a result of technology sensing the potential for ice. Improper tire pressure has been blamed for many automobile accidents and loss of fuel efficiency. Including features within the tire to produce compressed air to maintain correct pressure should enhance comfort and safety as well as reduce fuel consumption. Worn out tires can present the potential for unsafe operation of vehicles. Many drivers are not aware of the condition of their tires. Features that will provide a visual and audible indication of tires worn beyond the recommended limit for the driver and others around the vehicle should improve safety. More at: http://tirestud.com/ // Inquiries: info@tirestud.com