Centreline Lights on Take-Off

[Eurotraveller]

A slightly trivial question perhaps in the grand scheme of things but here goes...

I was flying with a Captain a few weeks ago, and once airborne he commented that by tracking the centreline exactly during the take-off (and running over the centreline lights as I did so) I was inducing unneccessary wear and tear on the tyres, and was making things uncomfortable for the passengers as we 'bumped' over the lights.

The suggestion was that I modify my technique to track ever so slightly off-centreline and thus miss the lights.

I guess that running over the lights at high speed must put some wear on the tyres, but does it really increase wear by that much?

I guess missing the lights would be more comfortable for the passengers but i suppose old habits die hard and I'm not immediately comfortable with the idea of offsetting left or right of the centreline.

Cheers,
Eurotraveller