Good afternoon! I was curious to know if you know who is responsible for issuing the permit that would allow a tire manufacturer to put the weather symbol «snowflake apline» on tires? Lately we have seen many mud tires with a severe time rating on the sidewall – the Comforser cf3000 is one of them! Any information is welcome! Oh and you can add to those who wear all-season tires in winter all the foreign tourists who rent cars at the Calgary airport and travel to British Columbia. Ideal for driving with jet lag. Thank you for your reply. In any case, I will drive carefully at a reasonable speed. I won`t go anywhere further than Whistler, and the weather and road conditions look good. If there is no covered snow on the highway from sea to sky, do I still have to wear chains? In addition, I have no experience with installing chains, so probably, if the weather and road condition deteriorate 1-2 days before my trip, I will rent a car with mountain snowflake tires. I drove all-season tires on my old car for 20 years and they performed very well in the snow (even though I grew up in Prince George and learned to drive properly on the snow). I have been buying winter tires for 5 years, I got the car because I felt it would be safer and I hated them. I live and drive in Vancouver and I noticed in the rain that they were very slippery. When I had to make a short stop, they slipped away. It really scared me to ride with them.

I now have a new car, but I hesitate to spend money on winter tires. Is it normal for winter tires to work well now in Vancouver`s weather and road conditions? What is recommended? I rarely, but occasionally, go to Squamish or Hope during the winter months, but rarely and not during winter/snowy conditions. Hello Donny – thank you for your question. Tires with the letters Mud and Snow (M+S) on the page meet the minimum requirement for winter travel in British Columbia. Tires must also have a tread depth of at least 3.5 mm. If you regularly use this route in winter, we recommend investing in winter tires (those with the mountain snowflake logo). I hope this will be useful to you! I had thought there were provincial (non-urban/private) roads on the Kelowna-Rossland road that required real winter tires (3-top mountain tires/snowflakes). Do you know if that`s true? If a ticket or fine is issued for non-legal tires, do you know if it goes to the driver personally or to the owner of the vehicle? If I have Michelin Defender LTX M/S2 tires on my Honda CRV all-wheel drive, are they enough to drive on the mountain tracks? Instead of the M+S symbol, they have the M/S symbol. Are you okay?? Hello Patricia, you must have at least 2 matching winter tires on the same axle, but we recommend using 4 matching tires, even if you are driving a 4X4 vehicle.

I hope this helps! In Newfoundland, studded tires are allowed between October 31 and May 1, with the use of winter tires being highly recommended during this time. A legal winter tire (for a standard passenger car or all-wheel drive/all-wheel drive vehicle) MUST have a tread depth of at least 3.5 mm. I have 1995 f150 4×4 Is it legal to have only studded tires for the rear tires? The same brand. Can I have 2 untuned front tires that have a different brand? Thank you We want you to be ready. So we thought we`d take a look at the four types of tires you`re allowed to use when driving high mountain passes and other marked Highways in British Columbia that require winter tires for passenger cars. Hey Wilson, I just wanted to throw my two cents here, I work in a tire store in Prince George, when I started here and the winter season was approaching, I wasn`t 100% sure what the rules were, so I called icbc and they told me that M&S as well as the snowflake 3 Peak are fine, I then called the Prince George RCMP and asked them and they told me (October 2017) that M&S is fine in town but illegally on the highway, to drive the highway, you need the snowflake. Now that it is said, I could go wrong and give you an overview of what the RCMP told me when I asked them about mergers and acquisitions and the snowflake. I have a 2002 Honda Accord, 6 Zyl, and I want to know if the front and rear tires should have the same tread pattern. Can they be different and which ones should be in front? Do winter tires wear out faster than all-season tires when used year-round? I just bought a brand new 4×4, but I`m sure it only includes all-season tires (no M+S).