Re: Chains... I don't need no stinkin c

[jgoeke@hq.walldata.com (Goeke, Joseph)]

>My point isn't that you can or cannot get around with or without chains.
> Rather, you are still required to carry chains with you (I know, kinda 
dumb
>if you aren't gonna use them)--all the 4/awd + M+S tire combination does is
>keep you from getting ticketed for not having chains on when the signs are
>up.

You said that already, but I have found it not to be so.  Anyone have any 
real data?

>Also, earlier this year, someone on the list (don't recall who) mentioned
>some condition in the Tahoe area where the Hiway Patrol makes 
>EVERYONE--4/awd
>included--have chains on or no go.  Haven't seen such a condition here in
>Washington, but then we don't have this major resort community like Tahoe, 
so
>they'll more quickly shut down I-90.

The Nazis in Tahoe are the worse.  That is they put up the patrols on a 
whim, but there again, I didn't have to put on chains :-)   My guess (and it 
is just that) is that some gung-ho officer decided to do things _their_ way, 
and not by the book.  I've seen that to many times in other traffic 
enforcement areas.    ---JCG