Re:Car exhaust filters fail to clean up ‘ultrafine’ air poll...
by marginalia_nu on Sunday April 09, 2023 @07:54AM
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Depends on the sort of tires.
For examples, studded snow tires can tear up the road surface quite significantly, tend to kick up a lot of sharp fine dust. It's such a big problem they're often banned parts of the year in some regions where they're typically used.
It seems to largely suggest that GP is correct (see the figure in 5.3.8 for example), with the caveat that this is mainly a problem in colder regions of the world.
For examples, studded snow tires can tear up the road surface quite significantly, tend to kick up a lot of sharp fine dust. It's such a big problem they're often banned parts of the year in some regions where they're typically used.
Here's some science: https://www.ivl.se/download/18.1ee76657178f8586dfc89b/161951...
It seems to largely suggest that GP is correct (see the figure in 5.3.8 for example), with the caveat that this is mainly a problem in colder regions of the world.