Hi, Guest
12-19-2008, 10:11 PM
^^ See, now that's thinking!
I don't know if this has been addressed in Quebec at all (mostly because my French is hella rusty) but making one set of tires mandatory for certain times of the year brings a bit of a precedent to the table.
My next question is: will there be mandatory summer tires? And if the government says "no", I'll follow up with "why not?"
I'd also like to hear what the MTO and Transport Canada think of all-season tires vs. summer tires. Likely, as government ministries at the provincial and federal levels, they don't have an "opinion".
It's really very simple, fellas. You either legislate all of the tires as being adequate for their respective seasons, or you legislate none of them. Given that summer tires are far better for spring to fall conditions than all seasons, then it stands to reason that all-seasons shouldn't be sold in Canada.
Discuss. :)
I don't know if this has been addressed in Quebec at all (mostly because my French is hella rusty) but making one set of tires mandatory for certain times of the year brings a bit of a precedent to the table.
My next question is: will there be mandatory summer tires? And if the government says "no", I'll follow up with "why not?"
I'd also like to hear what the MTO and Transport Canada think of all-season tires vs. summer tires. Likely, as government ministries at the provincial and federal levels, they don't have an "opinion".
It's really very simple, fellas. You either legislate all of the tires as being adequate for their respective seasons, or you legislate none of them. Given that summer tires are far better for spring to fall conditions than all seasons, then it stands to reason that all-seasons shouldn't be sold in Canada.
Discuss. :)
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