Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2016 11:04:45 -0500
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: 14" tires, report...
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I drove to Alma QC last winter and was amazed at how well folks got around. I was on all season tires and tiptoed the whole time.
Stephen
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> On Nov 7, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
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> James,
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> Nova Scotia as a whole and New Brunswick have been deliberating over banning studs for years, but have yet to pull the trigger. It’s been years since I lived in Esquimalt, but I seem to recall studded tyres and chains only being permitted in-land in those days.
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> Tyres like the Hakkapelitta with their spring loaded studs (or others with nylon/carbon studs … Yokohama was using these) may help stave off such decisions.
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> For your average driver, if they just ran snow tyres without studs rather than all seasons (as is law in PQ), winter driving would be safer for the rest of us.
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> BTW: I still run studded tyres on my bicycle :-)
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>> On 07-Nov-2016, at 10:33, James <jk_eaton@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Roy, other than the southern part of Ontario, and a few cities in Quebec, what other jurisdictions in Canada have banned studded tires?
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>> None that I know of. And Ontario is seeing a push to remove its ban: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/why-its-time-to-rethink-allowing-studded-tires-in-southern-ontario/article32511013/ <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/why-its-time-to-rethink-allowing-studded-tires-in-southern-ontario/article32511013/>
>> <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/why-its-time-to-rethink-allowing-studded-tires-in-southern-ontario/article32511013/>
>> Why it's time to rethink the ban on studded tires in ... <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/culture/commentary/why-its-time-to-rethink-allowing-studded-tires-in-southern-ontario/article32511013/>
>> www.theglobeandmail.com <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/>
>> Is it time to take a fresh look at studded winter tires? These are the power tools of winter driving: when roads turn icy, nothing works as well as a studded tire ...
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>> I loved having studded tires in the icy winters of the Maritime provinces. I miss them sadly on icy mornings here in Ottawa, where I see lots of 'slid off the side of the road' type accidents that studded tires would prevent.
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>> James
>> Ottawa, ON
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>> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com <mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>> on behalf of Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA <mailto:RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca>>
>> Sent: November 4, 2016 10:55 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>> Subject: Re: 14" tires, report...
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>> Even here in Canada where it’s winter almost half the year, jurisdictions have banned / are banning studded tyres due to the damage they cause on road.
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