Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-08 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> I've never found studded snow tires to be a big advantage over regular snows > although I'll admit I've not got a lot of time on them. > Snow tires are much better than all-seasons, good all-season tires are better > than regular onion skins... 99% of the time, studs are no different, or sligh

Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Its easy enough to tell if somebody has studded tires when somebody drives by. "Is it hailing?" But yeah, are they going to station police on every street listening for studded tires? Will there be "stud runners" (clever double entendre there no?) bringing tires into the state? Somebody hasn'

Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-08 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I've never found studded snow tires to be a big advantage over regular snows although I'll admit I've not got a lot of time on them. Snow tires are much better than all-seasons, good all-season tires are better than regular onion skins... In the past I've run cheap onion skins in summer and che

Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-08 Thread Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Is there going to be "Stud police" to check everyones tires? Since studded tires are clearly audible to anybody who is listening, the regular police will probably do. -- Jim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archiv

Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-07 Thread G Mann via Mercedes
So, how does this work if I live there and go out of state and buy a set of snow tires with studs, on my own rims, throw them in the trunk, then put them on when there is ice? For the next 20 years? Is there going to be "Stud police" to check everyones tires? Sometimes the practical application

Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-07 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Me too! I've composed and deleted two different responses - Max Charleston SC On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 8:36 PM Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > I have a lot to say about this but I might get moderated! > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search

Re: [MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-07 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I have a lot to say about this but I might get moderated! Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 7, 2019, at 6:18 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes > wrote: > > https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/02/washington-bill-would-ban-studded-tires-in-2025-charge-fees-on-new-purchases.html > > The Puget sound

[MBZ] Save lives or asphalt.

2019-02-07 Thread Clay Monroe via Mercedes
https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/02/washington-bill-would-ban-studded-tires-in-2025-charge-fees-on-new-purchases.html The Puget sound area is under winter weather assault. Iced up streets and nobody knows how to drive in snow or ice. Save the roads, kill the drivers. It is not as if