Winter tire law

[EagerBeaver]

EB, legislation in Quebec is formulated by what will bring in the most tax dollars.

Think about it: You have to pay sales tax for the purchase of the tires You have to pay an enviornmental tax on the same tires
You pay sales tax for the installation of the tires
You pay sales tax for a set of winter rims (optional)
Your gas mileage suffers, more gas, more tax revenue

Don't get me wrong. I think that mandatory snow tires is a good idea. I think that the need to make common sense a law is a disgrace.

mtwallet,

A lot of legislation is common sense. It is common sense that you should not talk on a hand held cellphone when you are driving a car, but in Connecticut we had to enact a law to stop it because the use of cellphones was being increasingly cited in police reports on motor vehicle accidents.

Your post raises an interesting question, though, about the law being used as a device to collect tax revenue for socialist-type government spending needs, as opposed to being enacted to protect the health and safety of highway travellers in Quebec. It makes me wonder whether Connecticut would have the same law, if the weather here were the same here as it is in Quebec. My best guess is that we would have the same law on the books if our weather was the same as yours. The only dilemma would be for trucks. I am not sure whether this law only applies to passenger vehicles or all commercial vehicles? My guess is in Connecticut, notwithstanding some of the severe problems we have with unregulated truck traffic (e.g. tractor trailers carrying cargo that is all too often not properly secured and is spilling onto I-95), it would apply only to passenger vehicles.

 

[voyageur11]

The law is for passenger car only.Truck are a different out west there are chain law for truck and passenger car.

 

[metoo4]

With the new legislation, there will be an increase of sale of tires made of skin breast.

Skin breast tires have the advantages of being easy to install, soft to drive, to have a button system that offers better grip on cold condition, to be 100% natural and biodegradable. Also, there is less risk of accident with skin breast tires when the cruise control is activate.

That's not the main reasons! With breast-skin tires, the nipples poking-out when it's cold offer a better traction, that's the main reason!

Lion Heart, the law IS in effect. It's advertised on every radio station around here.

As far as money and taxes, not completely valid. Peoples usually keep their cars for about 5-6 years, if not more. Usually during this time, they'll use 2 set of tires, no matter if it's 4 seasons, winter or summer. Now, it will be 1 summer set and 1 winter set instead of 2 set of 4 seasons. The only difference is a slight variation on when the money will be spent and the cost of buying a second set of rims or getting the tires mounted/unmounted on the same set of rim. As far as getting the assembly tire/rims on and off the car in winter and summer, that was already an expense because of regular rotation.

At the moment, I'm driving a leased car and I got winter tires and rims negotiated in the asked price at the same time I got the car. My contract is 5 years and I won't have to buy tires on this car anymore. With only 4 seasons, I would have had to buy a new set after about 3 years and spend 1 winter on tires that were used too much to be safe on snow.

 

[HG Hunter]

Does anyone know how the law applies to visitors from out of province?

HG Hunter

 

[Kepler]

Does anyone know how the law applies to visitors from out of province?

It does not.

http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/pa...les/reglement_utilisation_pneus_hiver#outside

 

[metoo4]

10-04, Nop! It mean get some winter tires!

 

[EagerBeaver]

Tire Questions

Can someone answer an obvious question or two?

I know that the law does not apply to me because I live in the USA. But my car takes a special all wheel drive "run flat" tire. The manufacturer told me that only these tires are to be put on the car. Only a few tire companies even make the specific tire that my car takes. The tires I have are called ContiProContact SSR (self sealing run-flat is what I think "SSR" stands for).

So what if I lived in Quebec and registered my car there? Do I get some kind of pass on this requirement? Or do you have to put a square peg into the proverbial round hole?

What if I moved to Montreal between December 15 and March 15? Do I get "grandfathered" in with whatever tires I have until the following winter?

 

[MG_mtl]

Can someone answer an obvious question or two?

I know that the law does not apply to me because I live in the USA. But my car takes a special all wheel drive "run flat" tire. The manufacturer told me that only these tires are to be put on the car. Only a few tire companies even make the specific tire that my car takes. The tires I have are called ContiProContact SSR (self sealing run-flat is what I think "SSR" stands for).

So what if I lived in Quebec and registered my car there? Do I get some kind of pass on this requirement? Or do you have to put a square peg into the proverbial round hole?

What if I moved to Montreal between December 15 and March 15? Do I get "grandfathered" in with whatever tires I have until the following winter?

1st of all there are quite a few cars out there with run flat tires (RFT), mostly high end German cars. As more cars use this technology, there are more and more manufacturers who will make RFT. As we speak, you can get at least 3 or 4 different brands of RFT. My favortite is the Dunlop sport RFT.

About the law, I believe the second you register you car in Qc, the law applies to you. It's what I find logical. But I'm no lawyer.

 

[EagerBeaver]

But can you put a winter tire on a car that takes run-flat tires? Do they make a "winter run flat tire"?

 

[MG_mtl]

But can you put a winter tire on a car that takes run-flat tires? Do they make a "winter run flat tire"?

Yes they do.
www.tirerack.com is always a good place to shop for tires (US site).

 

[Kepler]

So what if I lived in Quebec and registered my car there? Do I get some kind of pass on this requirement? Or do you have to put a square peg into the proverbial round hole?

The law provides an exception for vehicles with no available winter tires. There is an up to date list of such vehicles compiled and issued by the government.

And there is no grandfather provision for new registrants.