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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Really? I find your stance equally, if not more selfish. Driving is a privilege, not a right. You're endangering other people on the road needlessly by being a tight wad about your own safety, and the safety of other people. I just can't fathom how a family can drive their kids around in an unsafe vehicle just for the sake of saving $1,000 over 5 years. Maybe don't buy that iPad or change that iPhone every year?
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Holy smokes people. How old are you? Do you have any idea what people drove through winters in the 60's, 70's, and 80's with? Cars with lap belts, no traction control, terrible rubber/tread compounds (the best tire in the 80's wouldn't even compare to today's worst all season tire) and while new technologies are saving lives people are getting into just as many accidents and that's because drivers today are worse. You can have the best setup available and if you are going to drive like an idiot either too fast for the conditions or obsessed with your text messages you are still going to get into an accident. I believe since going mandatory in Quebec collisions have dropped but by less than 10% which means tires don't overcome poor drivers.
The bottom line is that people are worse at driving than they ever have due to all the distractions brought along with technology and the people endangering others on the roads are the ones that are terrible drivers not the ones with all season tires.