Snow tires (M&S)

[Mark Sirota]

AudiBiTurbo at aol.com wrote:
> I've been told by Nokian that M&S will be gone in a few years- too
> many tires can potentially qualify to this old standard and
> perform VERY poorly in actual conditions.  There's a new
> "snowflake" symbol conforming to the new, higher standards
> already.  Nokian conforms to them, but won't be mandatory
> for a few years.  Maybe DOT web site has more info?

http://www.tirerack.com/winter/tech/severe.html

Mark