On Sep 1, 2011, at 05:16 , Paul Sorenson wrote: > Wisconsin allowed studded tires for a while in the 1960's and early 70's. > They made my light-in-the-ass Firebird much more drivable here in our > winters, but they were quickly outlawed when it was seen how much road damage > they caused. I'm surprised Washington doesn't just do the same.
Repealing it has been tried for more than 20 years, but the voters reject it. We do live, cut off from the eastern half of the state by 4500 foot passes, that I've driven in a blizzard in a 20 year old VW bus, only knowing where the road is for sure when a skinny snow pole is sticking up, protecting you from plunging down endless cliffs to your death. No, really, it was a scary drive. Constantly anxious to see that next pole, never knowing if you missed one. But I drove it, no studs, no chains, no snow tires. If the locals HAD to drive on snow EVERY winter, like those of us who grew up in New England, they probably wouldn't need studded tires. You should SEE the chaos that erupts on the roads here when a couple of inches of the white stuff coats the roads. It's disgusting. Joseph McAllister [email protected] "Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus..." http://tinyurl.com/ndmfhb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
