Warp wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk
> 
>   I have heard that in many places in the US they don't even know about
> the concept of winter tires (such as studded tires, which are used in
> Finland in winter), even at places where it snows. Seeing videos like
> this one seems to confirm this.
> 
>   In some countries studded tires are prohibited by law (all year round)
> because they wear the road faster. Well, I suppose it's better to have
> tons of car accidents than having to repave once in a while.


I live a couple hundred miles away from the city where that video was 
taken, assuming that the weather there is similar to here (and I believe 
it is) I think part of the problem is that it generally snows there 
between zero and a couple of times per year, and most of the time it's 
only a an inch or two which melts before the day is done.  Thus it's not 
really worthwhile buying snow tires, since it's only very rarely that it 
snows enough that it would be at all useful (having a tire built for 
rain would be much more important).  Anyone here form Portland who can 
confirm / disagree with this?

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