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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Although it is true that nothing prevents accidents better than being a good driver, you have to agree that having winter tires is better than not having them, no matter how good of a driver you are. If you combine both good driving with winter tires, then that gives you the lowest chance of being in an accident.
I think what Hulk is trying to argue is that if everyone had winter tires on, it'd be a safer situation all around. Not everyone's a good driver. You might as well mitigate part of the bad driving by taking other preventative measures, like getting tires that give you a shorter stopping distance. Even if you're a good driver, sometimes s**t just happens, no matter how good you claim yourself to be. In those situations, winter tires give you a better chance of coming out of that unscathed vs. All seasons.
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Exactly! If I could have worded it that well this thread may have been a few pages shorter.
Eddie, what kind of car was it? Did you have AWD or something? Last year I got caught by a surprise skiff of snow when I still had my summers on (Pirelli P Zero Rossos). Luckily I was just a 2 minute drive from home, but I could barely make it up the slightest grade. I was surprised how brutal they were. This year the same thing happened, but on Kumho Ecsta MX's and it was much more doable, although still pretty shakey going (sliding) down the ramp into my parkade.