Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzeiMJQrvk

> I remember the news on this. It was exceptional conditions. It had 
> rained, frozen, snowed, rained, frozen again, something like that.

> I'm pretty sure studded snow tires aren't going to make it safe to drive 
> if you get the kind of conditions that let the car slide sideways at a 
> sedate speed without slowing for fifty meters (like at 1:02 into the 
> video).

  I don't remember ever seeing that happening here, even though that
kind of climate (varying from below and over zero celsius repeatedly
over a relatively short timespan) happens quite often.

  Studded tires do not only increase grip, they also roughen the ice,
so the more cars drive along a road, the less slippery it gets.

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                                                          - Warp

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