Get your winter tires ! Winter tires mandatory in Quebec

[jessef]

News is saying it will affect across-Canada tire sales for winter tires.

Two Kal Tires I know of have shipped off a big lot already.

Head's up.

[loki]

News is saying it will affect across-Canada tire sales for winter tires.

Two Kal Tires I know of have shipped off a big lot already.

Head's up.

People keep crashing their cars in the winter, lets make them get winter tires, there is on way that it has to do with them driving the same in the snow as in the middle of summer.

wow, what a stupid rule, the tire companies must know someday high up in Quebec.

[jessef]

I'm thinking the opposite.

I travel on the highways a lot in the winter and have a number for good friends who are high patrol here.

You would not believe the amount of accidents/damaged vehicles/fatalities crashes with vehicles that have summer/bald tires in the dead of winter driving on snow.

Snow tires in certain areas are mandatory yet a lot of people fail to read the sign "MUST CARRY SNOW TIRES OR CHAINS BEYOND THIS POINT" and continue along as if the sign didn't exist.

I'm sure this can get into a heated discussion but I'm pretty solid on my stance.

If you're driving up to whistler in december and don't have chains or snow tires, then you're not only asking for an accident but can be dangerous to other people on the highway (ie. oncoming traffic headon collisions because you can't control your vehicle).etc...

My 2 cents.

[loki]

I'm thinking the opposite.

I travel on the highways a lot in the winter and have a number for good friends who are high patrol here.

You would not believe the amount of accidents/damaged vehicles/fatalities crashes with vehicles that have summer/bald tires in the dead of winter driving on snow.

Snow tires in certain areas are mandatory yet a lot of people fail to read the sign "MUST CARRY SNOW TIRES OR CHAINS BEYOND THIS POINT" and continue along as if the sign didn't exist.

I'm sure this can get into a heated discussion but I'm pretty solid on my stance.

If you're driving up to whistler in december and don't have chains or snow tires, then you're not only asking for an accident but can be dangerous to other people on the highway (ie. oncoming traffic headon collisions because you can't control your vehicle).etc...

My 2 cents.

point taken, I'm just not a fan of the ever growing "Nanny State", no one is responsible for their own actions anymore, I'm too stupid to know that coffee is hot so I'll sue McDonalds.

[jessef]

Yep. At least we're not nearly as bad suing wise as the states.

[The Pinkfingers]

This will be my first winter with all terrains instead of all-season. Also my first winter with a 4x4 capable vehicle. Chains are further down the list (but I'm not planning on going anywhere that needs them).

[konadog]

point taken, I'm just not a fan of the ever growing "Nanny State", no one is responsible for their own actions anymore, I'm too stupid to know that coffee is hot so I'll sue McDonalds.

Sigh, a sad state of affairs, for sure. I hear your anti-police state sentiments Loki, but unfortunately it's precisely because so many of us don't behave responsibly that these kinds of enforcements are needed. We shouldn't need locks, or speed bumps, or jails, or surveillance cameras etc. either... Ah well. Lets hope the only snow on the coast this winter is in the Mtns. anyway

[JMK]

I think it's regrettable that every Province does not have the same two laws: - every vehicle must have winter tires in winter (I could see a reason to exempt Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island), and, no use of Cell phones, etc. while operating a vehicle. If you add the number of collisions due to cell phone use to the number cited above for lack of decent tires, I wonder what percentages you'd have.

[The Pinkfingers]

I think it's regrettable that every Province does not have the same two laws: - every vehicle must have winter tires in winter (I could see a reason to exempt Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island), and, no use of Cell phones, etc. while operating a vehicle. If you add the number of collisions due to cell phone use to the number cited above for lack of decent tires, I wonder what percentages you'd have.

ICBC should focus on these two things rather than RHDs.

[Profister]

ICBC should focus on these two things rather than RHDs.

ICBC's first intension is to increase profit, not safety. If they ever find the way to make money on regulating tires and cell phones they will change the law.