Winter tires not really needed here in central N.H.

[fatlazyless]

Did a little research on what the state police in the twelve northern states; Ak, Wa, Id, Mt, ND, Mn, Wi, Mi, NY, Vt, NH, & Me use for winter tires and only Alaska goes with studded winter snow tires. That's probably because studded tires don't grip a dry asphalt road as good as a non-studded winter tire. The roads and climate in Alaska are basically different than other northern states, and Alaska State Troopers roll on studded snow tires.

State police in somewhere like Aroostook County, northern Maine can get studded snow tires for individual vehicles if their police dept wants to pay for them.

You know the $95 Toyo GS-i 6 description says it is made with crushed walnut shells in its tire making process for better cold temperature, asphalt road grip.

AI overview: "Yes, the Toyo Observe GSi-6 winter tire uses crushed walnut shells in its tread compound, a technology Toyo calls Microbit Technology, to create tiny spikes that dig into ice and compacted snow for superior grip and traction, adding a natural sustainable element to its cold-weather performance." Well, isn't that interesting? With tough, hard, brittle tiny pieces of crushed walnut shells the tire becomes a round rolling sandpaper style cold weather, asphalt road gripper, or something!

From Driving Canada, a Jan 31, 2017 report ....... http://www.driving.ca/auto-news/toyo...ng-good-on-ice

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Did a little research on what the state police in the twelve northern states; Ak, Wa, Id, Mt, ND, Mn, Wi, Mi, NY, Vt, NH, & Me use for winter tires and only Alaska goes with studded winter snow tires. That's probably because studded tires don't grip a dry asphalt road as good as a non-studded winter tire. The roads and climate in Alaska are basically different than other northern states, and Alaska State Troopers roll on studded snow tires.

State police in somewhere like Aroostook County, northern Maine can get studded snow tires for individual vehicles if their police dept wants to pay for them.

You know the $95 Toyo GS-i 6 description says it is made with crushed walnut shells in its tire making process for better cold temperature, asphalt road grip.

AI overview: "Yes, the Toyo Observe GSi-6 winter tire uses crushed walnut shells in its tread compound, a technology Toyo calls Microbit Technology, to create tiny spikes that dig into ice and compacted snow for superior grip and traction, adding a natural sustainable element to its cold-weather performance." Well, isn't that interesting? With tough, hard, brittle tiny pieces of crushed walnut shells the tire becomes a round rolling sandpaper style cold weather, asphalt road gripper, or something!

From Driving Canada, a Jan 31, 2017 report ....... http://www.driving.ca/auto-news/toyo...ng-good-on-ice

Not a bad idea. Then, if you're peckish and waiting for help, you've got a little snacky right there on all four corners.

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[fatlazyless]

"Where the rubber meets the road!" ..... http://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...28943849258577 .... four all-season tires with EXCELLENT quality tread on an old Jeep Cherokee, at the scene, Rt 93-south, just beyond Exit 29, Thornton, NH, Sat Dec 13, 1:41-pm (4-photos).

Firestone town & country winter tires .... www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJuVQktoTNE ..... 1963

"A Jeep can go anywhere." ...... Lee Iacocca, 1987

My know-it-all, quickie analysis here; so this old Jeep Cherokee with four excellent all-season tires with lots of tread is a rear wheel drive car at the time, and the road surface is a combination of frozen water, ice, slush, and road salt brine treatment. The temperature was somewhere below freez'n ...... how cold, I don't know? The speed limit is 70-mph. So, could be this Jeep was moving at 70-mph or faster and lost its grip on the road or something? A roll-over like this can have personal injury especially if seat belts are not worn?

Maybe the local Jeep owner/driver will see this and make a comment here? "Like, whoopsie-doopsie, I was going too dang fast for the slick iced road surface and the car simply slid off the road and done flip-flopped, upside down ......omg!" There is no video of it happening, here, as per usual.

Looking closely at the four matching tires, are they all-season tires or something else? These Facebook photos from the Campton-Thornton NH Rescue really show the road surface and the tires, there, at the scene. The road looks glazed frozen ice, slippery.

Someone needs to invent a tire with retractable steel studs, where you control the tire studs that grip into the iced road just like a cat's claw and name it, Tiger Paw, for good advertising sales promotion!

You know it looks like this happened right on the bridge, crossing the Pemi River, which is a large bridge, so could be it had to do with the bridge freez'n faster and different than the road, nearby.