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Should the fitting of winter tyres to cars be mandatory in the UK in certain conditions ?
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Should the fitting of winter tyres to cars be mandatory in the UK in certain conditions ?
I think that careful & proper driving is important and can help for sure. But to be honest i am not too bad a driver and the difference between summer tyres and winter tyres is not small but huge. My tyres are quite wide and that might have made it worse with summer tyres (265-35-18 & 245-40-18). However I could not get my car out of my estate driven in anyway on summer tyres. The winter tyres breeze through since the change.No, in my opinion. However I have not sampled them, and only have my budget chinese wide rears and goodyear low rolling resistance tyres (read hard compound), a pretty duff set up, and yet I have managed to nip about here fine, just a lot slower and with more time
A better driving test and a high standard of driving with compulsary courses in skidpan and adverse handling should be.
Without trying to come accross smug, I have not personally experienced difficulty in driving my car in the adverse weather, but many others have. Care, lots of attention and some thought I dare say are a better resource. Avoiding sudden braking, driving a lot slower, not applying too much power to the wheels. I got down great western road ok, and some git in a landrover freelander was stuck.
However, I did have one back end moment where a combination of opposite lock from me, and ESP saved it. I dare say with winter tyres that might not have happened but I was going so slowly it was not hard to control.
The only winter driving problem is that my cars wheel bearing has gone, and I was stuck on the A82 westbound.
The key is not the tyres, but the care of the end user. The driver.
I think that careful & proper driving is important and can help for sure. But to be honest i am not too bad a driver and the difference between summer tyres and winter tyres is not small but huge. My tyres are quite wide and that might have made it worse with summer tyres (265-35-18 & 245-40-18). However I could not get my car out of my estate driven in anyway on summer tyres. The winter tyres breeze through since the change.
No, because winter conditions in most of the UK just don't warrant them.
However, we cannot just draw up legistlation for the whole of the UK.
Many drivers - like me - don't actually drive on ice and snow. I just stay at home...
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