Are they a good idea - yes.
Are they effective - yes.
Should people use them - yes.
Should they be mandatory - absolutely not. Not enough reason or justification to make them mandatory. Honestly in Calgary they might be useful a total of 30 days a year, certainly not enough to make them mandatory. I don't mind the idea of how BC has done it, whereby they have mandated that certain highways require the use of winter rated tires.
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