This
winter caused a lot of havoc in the American traffic, with a lot of
traffic accidents. When people decide to drive their vehicles
regardless of what tyres they have mounted on them, they are bound to
end up in some problems. The biggest challenge is that most vehicles
don’t have tires mounted that are designed for winter conditions.
If the have the sever service symbol or mountain snowflake symbol,
they have been tested and approved for winter conditions and these
are the tires that you should have mounted on your vehicle if you
want to drive when there is winter conditions outside.

You
don’t need to have a winter tires
or a so-called snow tire, if you select a all-weather tire that is
winter approved. These tires are good enough to keep you safe
regardless of what the weather forecast there is. Winter tires might
do a bit better job at keeping you perfectly safe, but the
all-weather tires will be
safe enough and miles better than trying to drive through a snow
storm with summer tires or all-season tires that are not approved for
winter conditions.

Europe
has had for ages a law, varying from making them mandatory during the
winter season to making them mandatory if there are winter conditions
where you drive. The latter gives you a bit more flexibility, but
still causes some problems. If you go for full-fledged winter tires,
then you can chose a studded tire or a non-studded tire. Some states
will have limitation on where the studded tires can be used, while
the non-studded tires you
can use anywhere. The non-studded tires are still great on both snow
and ice and can also handle slush in the way that they can prevent
slush planing by being able to push away the slush from the surface,
to prevent a lose of contact between the tire and the road.

I
have been following the situation in North America, just hoping that
there would be some type of legislation making winter approved tires
mandatory in the areas that clearly have a winter season with cold
weather and snow and ice. If you don’t feel like changing between
tires, then you have the all-weather option, which might be more
convenient especially for the areas that might only have limited
winters, as you are always ready to jump in the car and drive away.
Since most Americans can’t live without a car, this would solve
those issues as well.

Insurance
companies should also be interested in this, as they would not have
to pay for accidents that happen when the drivers are not using the
appropriate tires when there are winter conditions outside. This
would force the drivers to comply to the regulations with fear of
being uninsured if they don’t follow them. The whole aim is to keep
people safe and away from accidents, so that everyone can keep
driving regardless of the season.