What better choice for winter driving: spikes or "Velcro"?

Perhaps the most unpleasant chores to the Russian motorists are associated with the transition to the winter season. Climatic conditions and weather changes in recent years is not so predictable that it is impossible to determine exactly the right choice of tires for your car. Philosophy of the Russian diaspora associates each historical period with the change of values, a priori, by placing man at the center of the problem. On the roads the central and most important element is also the person who determines the safety of primary importance. And who, besides ourselves, better take care of driving, not high-risk? From four points of contact with the road car, the area of ??each of which can be covered with palm, integrity depends on the driver and passengers. How to resist the powerful momentum caused by the braking and acceleration maneuvers? Reliable contact with the roadway wheels - a pledge of safe and relaxing trip. Therefore, the choice is always relevant product tire production. What tires meet the requirements of safe driving: smooth or studded, domestic or foreign manufacturer? How to compare the map of life and the tread pattern? The advantages of winter tires to summer are obvious and universally known as "vsesezonka." Summer tires offers the following characteristics: hardness, presence of a solid pattern, which has a maximum bond area for contact with dry asphalt, accurate handling, minimal wear. Parameters that apply to winter tires: soft to avoid dubeniya in the cold, the presence of "sticky" pattern for coupling with the ice, "with teeth" figure for "boating" on the snow cover. Can a bus to combine such contradictory points? Of course not. Only the history of Russian emigration was able to reconcile the conflicting political currents and result in a single direction, unfortunately, the producers of tires is not subject. Therefore, a compromise solution of the tire industry as a "vsesezonki" is definitely abandoned, purchased two "shoe" kit car - winter and summer. With summer tires is the case more or less clear. And what about winter? "Obuchi 'car studded tires or stop choice for studless, friction -" sticky "? What is the tread pattern - Scandinavian or European - is most suitable for Russian roads? European-style bus oshipovyvayutsya not, are made of soft rubber, have developed a network of grooves for water drainage. They are meant for the climatic conditions of Central European countries. More "teeth" is recognized Scandinavian type tires with tread pattern is designed as a ostrogrannyh diamonds, shashechek has extensive drainage ditches. These tires are effective is forced crust of ice and snow crust. Therefore, the Russians living in snowy areas, it is better to look at the Scandinavian type of tires. Studded tires are ideal for driving on icy roads, the coast. Traction spikes of ice reduces the braking distance, contribute to rapid acceleration and can confidently maneuver in turns. Studded tires increase the noise on the road, but this factor can be neglected if you want to achieve safe driving on snowy roads with tight and rolled snow. No other tires studded tires do not constitute competition in the snowdrifts, and the passage of snow drifts. In the case of abundance on the roads in your area of ??"soft" snow, spikes, and can compensate for the "velcro". And if the snow under the wheels loose and wet, or the dominant road surface on which you move the asphalt, the relevance of studded tires is lost. "Velcro" is becoming popular among motorists whose routes run daily through the streets cleared of megacities, or the inhabitants of warm regions of Russia. Friction tires are made from specially formulated to achieve the flexibility of the tread, not exposed to the temperature gradient. The tread pattern of "sticky" special, which is formed from a small cut figured elements, clinging to tiny irregularities of a smooth ice cover and not giving the slip wheels. Due to the jagged blades, formed into a dense network increases the contact area with the road. When braking, "smart" slats are going to "block". Despite the establishment of good contact with the road surface, the use of "Velcro" requires more skill from the driver while driving. Thus, we can not say about the absolute superiority of non-studded tires or studded. When choosing a winter "shoes" for a car, it is important to be guided by the peculiarities of local roads.