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VIKING

Member Since: 22 Sep 2007
Location: Stavern, NORWAY
Posts: 389

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Caspian Blue

Question to people from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany

I have been told that in these countries, tyres with studs are forbidden. Is this correct?

If so, I am surprised. Thinking of snowy & icy driving conditions.
I am told this is due to environmental conditions. Is this true, or is someone just pulling my leg? 2008 Freelander 2 HSE TD4 Automatic, Caspian Blue, Alpaca, Moon roof, Exclusive pack.

25th Oct 2007 3:26 pm

npinks

Member Since: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Ls25
Posts: 20090

Re: Question to people from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ger

VIKING wrote:
I have been told that in these countries, tyres with studs are forbidden. Is this correct?

If so, I am surprised. Thinking of snowy & icy driving conditions.
I am told this is due to environmental conditions. Is this true, or is someone just pulling my leg?

I Leeds, UK your only aloud to have a Stud at the wheel, well in my car anyway.

25th Oct 2007 3:31 pm

Simmo

Member Since: 11 Sep 2007
Location: Devon
Posts: 37

Re: Question to people from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ger

npinks wrote:
VIKING wrote:
I have been told that in these countries, tyres with studs are forbidden. Is this correct?

If so, I am surprised. Thinking of snowy & icy driving conditions.
I am told this is due to environmental conditions. Is this true, or is someone just pulling my leg?

I Leeds, UK your only aloud to have a Stud at the wheel, well in my car anyway.

Whos been driving your car then

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25th Oct 2007 4:18 pm

attox

Member Since: 24 Jul 2007
Location: Genova
Posts: 93

Re: Question to people from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ger

VIKING wrote:
I have been told that in these countries, tyres with studs are forbidden. Is this correct?

If so, I am surprised. Thinking of snowy & icy driving conditions.
I am told this is due to environmental conditions. Is this true, or is someone just pulling my leg?

As far as Italy you can use tyres with studs from 1/11 to 30/4 if I remember well. You are also obliged to have front and rear flaps. I will check better in the next days because now travelling overseas.

26th Oct 2007 12:38 am

yamaha-fan

Member Since: 11 Jun 2007
Location: Munich
Posts: 324

2007 Freelander 2 TD4 HSE Auto Stornoway Grey

Hi Viking,
yes, indeed, in Germany winter tyres with studs are prohibited and not on the market. The reason is that in most parts of Germany we have snowy roads only for a few days in the winter season, and the studs would seriously damage the roads on the majority of snow-fee days in contrast to long and snowy winters in Scandinavia.
Besides this tyre technology has developed tremendeously. For example, replacing sod by silica in the tyre compound, and the lamella-profile of the latest generation of winter tyres have proved studs to be given up.
Only for some pass-roads in the alpes in South-Germany, Austria and Switzerland snow chains are compulsory with speed limit of 50 km/h.
As a summary, positive experience has proven during the past years that studs are replaced by the new high tech tyre technology with huge benefits on repair costs of our road-net.

Greetings to Norway
Yamaha-fan

26th Oct 2007 6:43 am

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