Snow gates in Scotland (2023 Update)

[Jeff]

Hardly new!! The first AWD was in 1901, but for production cars Subaru Leone in 1972, Audi Quarto 1980.. the list goes on.

Jeff

[Commander Kinsey]

So just something for a bored pig to get upset about. I had one claim my cracked registration plate could come loose, spin round in the air, and decapitate someone. When pressed, he said he'd seen it happen on Blade Runner 2, a fictional film.

[Commander Kinsey]

Why can't the EU do something useful and disallow companies to say their car is 4 wheel drive unless it really works?

[Commander Kinsey]

Do you guys still have innocent until proven guilty? The UK doesn't, we abolished it. Police plant evidence and say you did it, it's up to you to prove you didn't.

[Commander Kinsey]

I wouldn't be travelling two inches at 60mph though. During my reaction time (which is about 250ms), he would have slowed by how much? 5mph? Closing speed average would therefore be 2.5mph, a slow walking speed.

[Colin Bignell]

If they carry the snowflake symbol, which denotes they are suitable for use in winter conditions, yes. Most modern ones do.

Most probably.

Or all

[Colin Bignell]

It would be almost impossible to prove that a particular vehicle has damaged a specific piece of road. However, it is possible to prove that a vehicle is fitted with tyres that are capable of causing damage.

[Colin Bignell]

As I have mentioned elsewhere, I think it was illegal under an EU Regulation that banned them unless individual member states specifically allowed them in their national legislation. I don't know whether that regulation is among those that have been repealed since we left the EU.

[Commander Kinsey]

All season tyres cost more?

[Commander Kinsey]

The council damage roads pon purpose, they're called speedbumps. The jolts from them bugger up the hardcore in the surrounding road, shake houses, wake people up, and destroy suspension.

[Commander Kinsey]

Have we removed any EU stuff at all?

[The Natural Philosopher]

There are various road legal tyres. Summer tyres, all terrain tyres, winter tyres, all season tyres, M & S tyres (German for something - we call them mud and snow). All of these represent more or less variations on a theme of rubber compound, sidewall stiffness, design contact area, tread pattern and so on, leading to various noise, wear, ride harshness and wet and dry grip levels, as well as grip on loose surfaces like sand gravel mud and snow.

There are an infinite number of permutations covered by simple marketing terms like 'winter tyres'

in the UK nearly all motoring is done on tarmac surfaces in the wet or dry. Specialised tyres for off roading or snow and mud usage are available, but you have to ask.

Most people want reasonable grip, low road noise, good wet weather performance reasonable life and low cost.

They are not concerned with racing around on snow loose gravel and mud. Or cutting through ice.

[Commander Kinsey]

What surprises me is a tyre below the legal limit grips just as well as a new one.

[Colin Bignell]

Which is why the snowflake and triple mountain symbol is only put on tyres that meet the strictest winter use standards. When European countries specify that winter tyres are required, they will only accept those with that marking.

[rbowman]

I once was questioned about the wingnuts securing the plates. The truth was it made it convenient to swap the plates to whatever rolling wreck was running that day but I came up with another story.

[rbowman]

Not all breakers are GFCI.

[Commander Kinsey]

ROFL! Is that a snowflake symbol for sissies who use safe tyres? (Snowflake being a slang term for sissy).

I wonder if you could just etch one on?

[Commander Kinsey]

I managed to get budget tyres which lasted 3 months instead of 2 years. Must have been made of plasticine. They were absolutely bald by the time the next annual test came round.

[Commander Kinsey]

Tee hee! They must be stupid if they think people don't move plates around.

So what was your excuse?

[rbowman]

Good luck backing one of those up. I only ever pulled two 28.5' trailers and they were a pain in the ass. There were a few drivers that could but I never made it more than 5 feet. The connecting gear, that set of wheels under the front of the second tire, is another fifth wheel under the trailer and attaches to the leading trailer with a pintle hook.