Winter is around the corner. Make sure your vehicle is prepared
for possible winter driving disasters.
Winter brings low visibility and treacherous roads. Combine that
with young and inexperienced drivers, "road ragers" and
careless drivers and you have a Canadian recipe for disaster! As a
personal injury lawyer, I can tell you that the number of car
accident claims leaps during the inclement weather seasons, often
due to drivers being unable to slow down in time or losing control
due to inadequate anticipation/preparation for poor road
conditions.
Research proves that winter tires in winter conditions prevent
accidents. In 2005, Germany had 12,539 personal-injury collisions.
In 2008 German drivers were required to have winter tires on during
the winter. Collisions in that year dropped by about 50% to 6,033.
Quebec also made winter tires mandatory in 2008 (although 96% of
drivers used winter tires prior to this change). Once the law was
enforceable, Quebec driver
