Inuk's Igloo : The Phun Random Chat Thread!

:hi: Hayd

 

No chains allowed in my area. You just have to hope that they plow and salt the ice.

 

Howdy Hayd.

 

Hi guys!Whats up?I went to see our last basketball game for the year..

No chains???wtf!

 

Hi hayd



@pm I assume that you are allowed to use studded tires

 

:hi: PM + Hayd

PM, please pm me your number, will call now

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Not much up Hayd.

Here snowchains are also not allowed

 

No studs either. They may be allowed in parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but I'm not sure.

 

now that's just stupid

 

Those aren't allowed here

 

So...if it snows...you just hope they clean the road????

 

Since Detroit and its suburban area has several million people, they have a major system for plowing and salting here.

 

they are planning on banning studded tires here too, although the experts are all saying that it would be a bad idea

 

So they plow ALL the roads?

 

There are so many drivers in this area that studs would grind the paved roads into gravel. They had to ban them.

 

This is from the State of Michigan web site...

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Question: Are studded tires legal in Michigan ?

Answer: In practical terms, no.

MCL 257.710 allows for the use of studded tires if they meet the specifications listed in subparts (c), (d), and (e). The part that specifically deals with studded tires is subpart (d) which states; "The department of state highways and transportation shall promulgate rules establishing acceptable standards to permit the use of a tire with studs or other traction devices to be used on a street or highway after April 1, 1975. The rules shall make separate provision for the extreme winter snow and ice conditions of the Upper Peninsula and the Northern Lower Peninsula. The rules shall include a restriction on the amount and dimension of protrusions that may be allowed on a tire, the type of material that may be used in a stud, traction device, or tire, and the amount of road wear that a tire with studs or other traction devices may cause on a street or highway."

Administrative Rules 247.171 through 247.175 govern studded tires and set the criteria for their use.

These rules state two conditions that must be met for the use of studded tires. Note: to date no manufacturer of tire studs has supplied information to the Michigan Department of Transportation that their product meets or exceeds the required pavement wear specifications.

First, they can only be used between November 15 and April 1 of the succeeding year except in the Upper Peninsula and the Northern Lower Peninsula , where, because of extreme winter snow and ice conditions, they may be used between October 1 and May 1of the succeeding year. Northern Lower Peninsula is defined as those counties whose southern boundaries are as far or farther north than the southern boundary of Missaukee county.

Second, studs or other traction devices shall not be used unless they wear either concrete or asphalt pavements, typical of those in this state, at a rate not to exceed 25% of the reference standard studded tire.

 

In most cities. They do the small streets last, so a lot of streets in the suburbs have to wait till they finish the main roads.

 

Well here everything is allowed....