coincidentally I bought tires from TireRack the other day,
I noticed that the fine print said
As a service to our customers, Tire Rack registers the Department of Transportation (DOT) Tire Identification Numbers for you automatically [with the government]for tires purchased from us.
Tires fitted as Original Equipment on new vehicles are also automatically registered when the vehicle is purchased.
Then I wondered about RFID in tires, which I knew was in the planning stages, and now looks like only a few more years
Soon the serial numbers on tires will be remotely readable by rfid scanners, in addition to the normal cell phone tracking.
True, but license plate readers are already universally used and put into databases around the country.