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It's not the fact that snow tires give you false confidence (4x4 syndrome) to drive faster that I have my snows on now. The main reason is that snow tires will stop faster than all seasons or summer tires on snow or ice. Why would I want to be in a car that will stop in twice the distance and risk rear ending someone and have my insurance go up? It does not matter how good you are at skid avoidance or controlling a slide, it is still going to take longer to stop without snow tires.