I heard on the radio this morning some politician propose further tire legislation for people who keep winter tires on through the summer. Why? Check this report from the CAA stipulating:
"Tests conducted by CAA-Quebec last summer show beyond any doubt that all-season tires are safer than winter tires in warm weather," said Sophie Gagnon, CAA-Quebec's Senior Director, Public and Government Relations. "In these tests, we observed that braking distances in emergencies could increase by up to 30% with winter tires. Moreover, for evasive action to be successful, speeds had to be much lower than for the same manoeuvres with all-season tires. The test car was less stable with winter tires."
Of course, there's no point in using all-season if it's banned during the winter months, right? All this is pointless to the vast majority of people who always used a winter/summer tire rotation. For us, it's business as usual. I still don't see why we had to make this a law. It's not tires that cause accidents, it's bad drivers/driving.
The CAA, who were sober and skeptical about the tire law (to cynics a fine scam), warned of this in 2008.
We've gone legislatively mad hungry. At some point we need to EDUCATE. It's the best weapon we've can use. It seems to me, the more you legislate, the less need for people to educate themselves.
Something tells me this won't be the end of things.
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