Antti-Pekka Virjonen wrote:
> [ ... ]
>   
>> W
> Banning the studs here would be a mass murder. We know quite well how to 
> drive in bad conditions but I think driving without studded tires can be 
> compared to planning a suicide ;-). 
I've used "studless" tires for several winters now, and found that they 
are quite good. New studded tires are better on hard ice, but once 
you've used them a bit, and the studs are starting to get worn down, I'm 
no longer so sure. And which is safer is also a matter of how you drive. 
Often when this discussion comes up, it strikes me that the proponents 
of studded tires have way too much confidence in the studs, so that they 
would probably be safer without them just because they would drive more 
carefully.

Remember that modern studless winter tires are not just studded tires 
without the studs; they have a completely different rubber mixture etc.

- T



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