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not for use as winter tyres but would get you out of trouble if you were stuck.

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I don't think its a matter of personal choice. Those who want to use winter tyres will always be prevented from driving by those in cars with summer tyres, stuck with wheels spinning, causing traffic jams or sliding into things causing accidents. You see abandoned cars hampering snow clearing.

There is also the improved grip below 7 deg C to consider. I'd rather use winter tyres than have yet more speed cameras to cut the accident rate.

The government is committed to reducing the accident rate yet winter tyres get no mention at all. Very few people seem even to know anything about them or where to get them from or what they do..

Considering we've only had a little bit of snow I fail to see why we all need to panic & rush out buying winter tyres. I didn't measure the depth of snow here but I guess it wasn't more than 4" in the side roads at most. Once out on the main off estate roads we had no problems. Seeing how some of the idiots were driving in that, a change of tyres wouldn't do much for them I'm afraid. Pampers for the passengers might have been a good idea.

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I don't think there's enough of the country with enough snow to warrant winter tyre or the purchase of a 4x4. Folk who live in areas with serious problems are geared up with the right kit to get about & the way of it all to use it. A 4x4 dealer my brother was talking to last week told him they've sold an amazing amount of vehicles during the bad weather. All their used stock except one loaned to the local NHS was gone.

I was given a lift the othe day in a vehicle driven by a man with many years driving under his belt. The way he was handling his vehicle with ordinary tyres on was bad enough, give him winter tyres or a 4x4 & I'm convinced he'd believe he could forget the road conditions & drive normally. I've never been so relieved to get out of a car in my life. Surely, most of us are only suffering bad conditions on estate roads & allowing more time for journeys should sort the job out without resortibg to having different sets of tyres hanging around.

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Quote: Originally posted by jeepster on 11/1/2010

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We only have conditions such as these once every 30 years, so don't go out and buy 4x4's or snow tyres for the sake of a week of snow every 30 years!

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Sometimes it depends where about in the country you are........where you're coming from.....and where you have to go to.  And advice being given was  'if your journey isn't necessary....don't drive'.

I have been snowed up in Wick, stuck on the Black Mount in Glencoe (thought I was going to freeze to death) and had the car buried in snow above Harthill in  the1960's and it was 3 days before I could get to it to dig it out.....sorry, but you can't just judge the rest of the country by your local conditions at any particular time.

I'm sorry, but the country has come to a standstill. Schools closed, exams cancelled, hospital appointments missed or cancelled, panic buying in the shops, offices and factories empty, all buses cancelled, bins not being emptied. This is OK for one day but it's now been a week with more snow on the way.

It is necessary for all to be suitably equipped as those not equipped will hold everyone else up. At the moment, the only solution for anyone can think of is a 4x4, but they are not perfect. They only work better than cars when pulling away or going up hills. They are just as bad at braking and steering.

Winter tyres are a simple, economic solution. Put them on in December, take them off end of Feb.