Snow Tires

[skibum]

I try to stay out of NYC, so I can't say if they have an ordinance against the studs or not. Regarding the rest of the state, I have no knowledge that they were ever illegal prior to (something like ) 1965 when they originally became legal. Perhaps someone with more knowledge of NYC (*ahem* Asysin2leads) would have more knowledge.

-skibum

[Richard B the EMT]

I am expecting my update fillers to my copy of the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Laws, and the NYC supplement as well. When I get it, I'll post it, chapter and verse.

[JonathanGennick]

Positively, hands down Nokian are the way to go!

Nokian makes great, studded bicycle tires too. I bought a set for my mountain-bike this winter. I've been having great fun w/them. I do get a lot of "looks" when I'm out riding about town, but I don't care. Anything that gets me outdoors and active is a good thing. They hook up very well on glare ice and on hard-packed snow.

[BushyFromOz]

I dont even know what rain looks like let alone snow? :?

[Richard B the EMT]

Then you probably have no clue as to what "Wind Chill Factor" is. Consider yourself blessed in your lack of that knowledge.

[Richard B the EMT]

As promised, from New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law, Number #375, subsection 35, and 35A.

35. Tires. (a) The commissioner may establish standards for the

manufacture, regrooving or retreading of tires which are produced or

sold in this state, and for the use of tires on vehicles operated in

this state.

( No tire shall be manufactured, distributed, offered for sale or

sold in this state if it does not comply with the standards established

by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision. A

violation of this paragraph shall be punishable as a misdemeanor.

© No person shall operate a motor vehicle or a trailer on a public

highway if such vehicle is equipped with tires that do not meet the

standards established by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph (a) of

this subdivision.

35-a. It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle or trailer

equipped with tires having metal objects protruding from the tire tread

upon any public highway. The prohibition contained in this section shall

not apply to pneumatic tires containing metal type studs, the diameter

of which studs inclusive of the stud casing does not exceed

three-eighths of an inch and which do not protrude beyond the tread

surface of such tires more than three thirty-seconds of an inch and the

contact area of which does not exceed three-fourths of one per cent of

the total nominal contact area of said tires determined by multiplying

the circumference of the outer most edge of tread times the tread width,

except that no vehicle equipped with such tires, other than school buses

and state or municipally-owned vehicles, may operate on a public highway

during the period from the first day of May to the fifteenth day of

October, inclusive.