to check if mechanical brakes have released and aren't seized after having been parked.
that are easy to see while still operating the vehicle
When I bought new tires/wheels for my car I had to pay $70ish per wheel for some sort of microchip/sensor. Seems like on a very expensive truck the air pressure sensor should also sense tire rotation.
Ah interesting, I assumed they were just a newer version of the wheel nut markers. The actual explanation makes more sense.
Website is literally unreadable without an ad blocker.
Yep, total garbage! How we've allowed this sort of nonsense to be acceptable is beyond me. Notwithstanding the article itself is also heavily padded with crap for SEO...