The "10% of drivers are responsible for 38% of the accidents" is an interesting stat. However as people have said, Quebec is a very different climate than Calgary. I would be interested in seeing what the numbers are like here.
I would also like to see how many of those who get into those accidents with all seasons are the type who can't afford to switch tires every six months; and perhaps are also running on tires that have 100,000 km on them as well. Because the type of people who can easily afford winter tires are also the type who would replace their year round tires before they got too worn.
The other thing that strikes me about that stat- why hasn't the insurance companies jumped all over that? Discount for having winter tires, or a premium for not having them. They charge other high risk groups (smokers for life insurance; 16 year olds for car.)
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