Government of Canada Sponsors Winter Driving Video

Government of Canada and The Rubber Association of Canada sponsored series of videos comparing winter driving on winter and so-called all-season tires.


One video demonstrates two front-wheelers, Toyota and Mitsubishi, one equipped with winter tires, and the other equipped with regular tires, making a stop and doing a cornering exercise. Good thing they put red cones on the road to imitate real obstacles, otherwise someone would have gotten hurt. To be fair, after the first run the tires were swapped between the vehicles, only to prove the truth: all-season tires don't belong on winter roads.

Another clip proves one of the deadliest misconception about 4X4 trucks being safe on all-season tires to be wrong. Two trucks coming to stop and doing cornering clearly demonstrate danger of using all-season tires in winter.

I hope tax payers money will work this time and save lives.

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