Obama's Energy Policy Over Inflated

This past week Obama suggested we all inflate the tires on our cars and thereby end the so-called energy crisis and bring down the price of gasoline at the pump.

Overinflating your tires can certainly reduce the rolling resistance of your car and slightly improve fuel economy. But as this story points out, the results in terms of oil savings would be less than significant.
Unfortunately overinflating your tires will certainly reduce the surface area for braking and cornering also, thereby making your car less safe for yourself and other motorists.

A car with overinflated tires cannot stop in the same distance as a car with properly inflated tires, nor can it corner as well on average, although it will stiffen the sidewall of the tire giving the driver the feeling of more stability... to a point.

Hitting rocks, objects and potholes in the road can do more damage to a overinflated tire. Your tires will need to be replaced more often as they will wear out faster from running on a smaller surface area of the tire. Overinflating your tires will ruin your tires just like underinflating them.

The "not ready for prime time" presidential candidate Obama also said getting a tune-up on our cars would have more impact than drilling for oil. Even it they don't need a tune-up Senator?

So, lets review.
Obama's big plan to reduce our dependance on foreign oil is to make our cars less safe and more expensive to drive... BRILLIANT!