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I've never had to put chains on a vehicle to get through the snow, not living all over Michigan and Northern Maine. All I do is switch over to dedicated winter tires in the Fall and swap back to summer tires in the Spring.
In most states, putting chains on your tires is illegal, because it damages the surface of the road. Anyway, I never used equipment to drive in the snow. I have always gotten around just fine with my compact two-wheel drive car, even in a few inches of snow, going up hills. You just have to get used to it.
In most states, putting chains on your tires is illegal, because it damages the surface of the road. Anyway, I never used equipment to drive in the snow. I have always gotten around just fine with my compact two-wheel drive car, even in a few inches of snow, going up hills. You just have to get used to it.
I agree with this post 100%. The driver just needs to adapt to weather conditions.
I would actually love for you lot to come to Britain and just see how much the country shuts down and how no one can seem to drive in the snow.
There are trucks that sprinkle sand on the roads to prevent slippage. Sometimes they sprinkle salt instead, but its less common, because I think it eats away at the pavement. Here in New England, people are expected to drive to work in the snow, unless it is impossible to make it. This winter, I had 2 days where the snow was so deep and not plowed that I had to stay home. Managers are understanding, however.
I'm in New England and I've never switched tires, or cars or used chains or anything like that, no one around here really does anything like that, you just deal with it. I never would've thought a country like Britain would shut down over a lil snow, aren't you guys used to it, don't you have plows and salt and sand and stuff?
I'm in Pennsylvania and we've always just used all season tires; no chain or snow tires. Last winter we got 80 inches (205 cm) of snow and this year we've seen 55 inches (140 cm) so far and I haven't had any problems driving on snow covered roads with my tires. The roads are also in general cleaned in a timely fashion.
Deep South. 2 inches of snow isn't anything extraordinary in the Upper South.
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