Effectiveness of Winter Tyres / Tires in the Frozen Britain

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For maximum safety winter tyres should be fitted to all 4 wheels.




MIxing summer and winter tyres could result in either end of your car sliding, or spinning causing you to lose control.

This year I fitted winter tyres to my car before the bad weather hit. The difference when driving in snow is incredible compared to summer tyres. The temperature only has to fall below 7 degrees for winter tyres to be more effective the summer tyres. Winter tyres should be fitted from October to March and it the whole of the UK fitted winter tyre their would be less accidents and travel chaos every time in winter and every time it snows.

Winter tyres are not illegal to use on UK road and they do not wear quickly and can be used all year round. However for best results it is best to have a summer set of tyres and a winter set this way you save the tread in the winter tyres for when they are really needed.

Fitting Winter Tyres Could Save Your Life

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[knitware]

One huge flaw with this advice. You need to fit 4 winter tyres, fitting just 2 is dangerous.

[wildernesseducation]

@knitware actualy my advice was in the video is that you should have wintre tyres on all four wheels. But if you can't afford it you can get away with winter tyres fitted to your drive wheels. Rear wheel drive cars should difinatly have them on all four.

What is dangerous trying to drive in snow and ice with summer tyres and that is why thier have been so many accidents and several deaths in the UK on the roads in the past 3 weeks

[R500GO]

those "ribs" are called "sipes"

summer tyres on the rear and winter on the front will cause a spin - fit Winter tyres all round. Same with chains, always fit two (not one) to the driving wheels. With Winter tyres, chains are practically never needed (I am in the Swiss Alps), but always in the car; I practice with them.

Don't confuse Mud & Slush (M&S) with Snow tyres.

Very useful video.

[wildernesseducation]

@R500GO As long as the tyre has the snow flake in side mountain peak symbol on the tyre the tyre has passes all the requrements to be legal in countries the require the fitting of winter tyres. If you look for that symbol on any tyre that you look at then it will be better in cold weather conditions

And you should for maximum safety have winter tyres fittet to all four wheels. I am not driving fast anyway in snow and have not had a problem with the back end sliding.

[R500GO]

@wildernesseducation - it has nothing to do with legality. It's about staying alive. I can't just find it now, but there is a vid here on youtube that illustrates the point. Please consider reconsidering even suggesting mixed tyres - because your vid is brill but leaves that dangerous door open - even if it works for you, you are the exception. The answer is a consistent and flat "no" to mixing tyres. It's a question of "minimum safety", not max. Honest. Compound is only one aspect. I'll look..

[wildernesseducation]

@R500GO i have adusted my annotations to say the mixing summer tyres and winter tyres is NOT recomended and that is could cause you to lose control. I hope the dangerous door is now shut.

Thanks for the feed back

[trevorcolewortley]

@wildernesseducation Good advice. Our experience last year in Scotland was that you need 4 winter tyres. My partner was driving in snow at night and swerved to avoid a deer. She had winter tyres on the front but not back as they were still on order. She was doing 30mph in her Picanto but lost the back end and went backwards into a tree. She wasn't hurt and the car was drivable but the tail gate was crushed and the car was a write off. It could have been a lot worse. Please fit 4 winter tyres!

[elinhinas]

Honestly, for us living in Sweden winter tires are really necessery and also required by law in the winter time.

Can't believe it isn't required in other countries that have snow and ice in the winter..

[semeval1]

if you break back of the car slides either side to front because of less friction. In Finland there is law that enfoces ewery driver to use winter tires for winter time. we use also carbide spikes on tires.

[HamsBaby]

>effectiveness of tryes

>of tyres

>tyres

wtf are tyres

[sparkygl0s]

@lldrewtime

I never trust anybody who feels the need to say "trust me".

[pioneer181]

You are quite right in what you say. AT LEAST to the driving wheels, preferably to all wheels. I have fitted winter tyres to my FWD car this year for the first time. Even though I haven't had snow they are much better in the colder temperatures. You're better off fitting 2 winter tyres than none at all in cold/snowy conditions IMO.

[danebrewer10]

@Caramel209CP slippy i believe is a word, just a british thing, like having a pavement instead of a sidewalk :)

[CSGraves]

If you want to test the "winter tires on two wheels only" theory, try driving on freshly fallen snow over a layer of frozen rain pellets. Even at low speeds, these conditions can be extremely dangerous, as I learned from experience.

[lldrewtime]

ignore that shit about fitting 4 winter tyres, you only need them on the driving wheels. trust me i know because i test them.

[Caramel209CP]

Hm, i dont think "slippey" is a word...

[b1h2u3p4]

Good review someone who knows his stuff