Getting the Most Out of Your Tires: Choosing the Right Tire for your Vehicle.
The first and most important step in getting the most out of your tires is ensuring that you are choosing the right tires, which may be more complicated than one may think. The average person does not have time to do adequate research about tires, therefore there are many common misconceptions about tires and how to choose the right set.
Tires are important at all times of the year, but become even more important and potentially life saving during the winter months. According to ABC news, More than 2,000 people are killed every year in winter weather-related accidents. (Pedersen, 2015), yet despite this fact, almost half of Canadian drivers will be driving on all-season tires that freeze in the cold, slide on slush, and can take 30 metres longer to stop on smooth ice. Winter specific tires are best suited for cold and snowy winters. All weather tires, not to be confused with all season tires, are better suited for partial winters that may include slushy or dry periods. Another benefit of all weather tires is that they do not need to be changed before and after winter meaning there is no need for storage.
However, in a place like Canada where we are prone to cold an snowy winters, there is a need for both winter and summer tires. Although summer driving may not be as intimidating as the icy winter roads, choosing the appropriate summer tires is still an important step to driving safely and efficiently in summer conditions. There are many different driving situations throughout Canada, there is basic highway driving, windy mountain driving, and busy city roads which require constant starting and stopping. Each of these situations can be made safer and easier by selecting the right tire for the job. All tires sold by Kal tire are tested at different stages in the life of a tire, in order to track how the tire will perform as the tread decreases. Tires are tested for things such as braking, cornering, and acceleration, these tests results are posted to ensure that customers can choose the tire that best fits their driving habits.