A few weeks ago we had to take our car into the dealership (our car by the way is a Chevy Aveo this year) and have the tires switched. Here they have different tires for the winter and the summer. You cannot have summer tires on past a certain date (I think it is sometime in November) and if you get into an accident, whether or not it was caused by the tires you have or not, you will get a ticket. I am not quite sure why the switch is needed; if the winter tires are that much better in the snow and freezing conditions, 
or if it is maybe just something for the tire companies do/say to make more money. I know there are tires back home that are all season radials (and I guess all tires for that matter as we don't have to switch tires) and wonder how they would compare to the winter and summer tires here - if switching them out really does help or if it is more of a marketing genius on the part of someone over here (I know they did this in Germany too). Regardless of the reason though - at least we can avoid the ticket for the wrong tires - which is always a plus!
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