Started this new topic so that GJ-Molester doesnt go off topic everywhere else.
If its after Nov. 15 and you're caught running a non-winter tire or any tire with insufficient tread depth your car should be impounded and driving privilege (yes its a privilege) revoked for 90 days or until Apr 1 whichever is longer.
^I did know that and not at all surprised with the results. I think there are definitely sectors/regions of merica that should have this type of mandate as well. Sure the lazy cheapos will come out with torches and pitchforks and where to "draw the line" would have to be worked out on the state level but just an ex if your car is registered north of the say the I90 corridor in ny/ma (really no brainer for winter rubber) you're on the hook and subject to fine if your vehicle is not so equipped. If we're as serious about safety as we like to tell ourselves with all the onboard nannies etc. that we often shell out thousands for I see no reason not to have this mandate in some form in some areas in the us outside of extreme mountainous areas that i believe have rules like this.
You should have started a thread titled:
Safe driving tips from GJ-Molester. For all drivers, especially for those that live in Colorado.
Oh no! Not another law. I drive north of I90 I have snow tires and like them a lot. I never run worn out tires because it is my car and my life, but the last thing we need in NY is another law.
Laws require enforcement, enforcement requires taxes or fines (A tax) Taxes force people to leave.
Taxpaying New Yorkers are leaving in droves for other states, according to a new study.
In 2014, 126,000 New York tax filers fled to other places in the United States — more than from any other state, according to the study posted on newgeography.com by two demographers.
The Empire State also lost the most “high earners,” who reported incomes of more than $200,000 a year.
“New York has been leading the nation in domestic migration for decades,” Wendell Cox, who co-authored the study, told the Albany Times Union.
I'm not suggesting any increase in enforcement of this necessarily..simply- be smart, be safe, switch to winter tires in winter if you live and drive upstate or be subject to fine and maybe your insurance company won't cover you if they deemed you were driving an accident waiting to happen. This would generate more $ than it costs, prevent accidents and likely lower insurance premiums. Some laws just make sense.
I just don't want more laws.
Assume you meant "turned me against them" which is silly but fine no more laws..i get this. Upstate ad campaign..use winter tires, get state income tax deduction and lower insurance premiums.
Put mine on yesterday..(guitar)
(iagree)My preference, no laws no signs, no ad campaign no tax deduction. My hope and dream is that the government would not help me. Even better if they would just leave me alone.
Now lower insurance premiums, That is a good idea.