Proving The Importance Of Winter Tyres
As part of Annual Tyre Safety Week back in August, the Northern Ireland section of the National Tyre Distributors Association gave an unusual demonstration of why it is important to choose the right tyres to handle winter weather. We have said it many times here – winter tyres deliver shorter stopping distances and improved handling in cold weather.
The demonstration took place at an ice rink in Belfast. Two experienced motorsports drivers drove identical cars that had been fitted with different tyres on the ice rink itself! First one car was fitted with premium summer tyres while the other had winter tyres fitted to deliver increased grip and control. Unsurprisingly, the winter tyres performed better!
They also carried out a second test to demonstrate the importance of tread depth. Both cars were fitted with the same summer tyres, but one had a high tread depth and the other had low. Again, it should be fairly obvious that the car fitted with tyres with plenty of tread depth left in them handled better than that with low tread.