POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.off-topic: Seemingly they don't understand the concept of winter tires: Re: Seemingly they don't understand the concept of winter tires

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From: Darren New
Date: 26 Feb 2008 12:27:37
Message: <47c44c09@news.povray.org>

scott wrote:
>> 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).
> 
> You've never seen cars racing on ice then?  They have metal studs that 
> dig into the ice and create grip 

I've driven on studded snow tires. I am probably misremembering, but I 
don't know that the kinds of studs you get in the USA (at least) would 
give you enough traction to make it *safe*. Safer, sure, but not like 
you could drive normally, say.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     "That's pretty. Where's that?"
          "It's the Age of Channelwood."
     "We should go there on vacation some time."

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