ABS in the snow

[R32UK]

Apparently, if you oversteered into someone you'd be liable because you'd deliberately made your car unstable by fitting winter tyres to the front...whereas fitting them to the rear, and understeering into someone was perfectly acceptable because you were in control of a stable car.
Or some other such bo11ocks.

I dont think it matters if your tyres are on your head... if you hit someone then you are most likely liable.

[Phil1980]

Apparently, if you oversteered into someone you'd be liable because you'd deliberately made your car unstable by fitting winter tyres to the front...whereas fitting them to the rear, and understeering into someone was perfectly acceptable because you were in control of a stable car.
Or some other such bo11ocks.

I dont think it matters if your tyres are on your head... if you hit someone then you are most likely liable.

 

[Ess_Three]

I dont think it matters if your tyres are on your head... if you hit someone then you are most likely liable.

I have been reliably informed that if I hit another car (pedancit hat on) whilst driving my car...with winter tyres on the back but not the front, I have not diliberately de-stabilised my vehicle and as such am not liable.
Even though I'll lose my NCD and get f**ked my my insurance company.

[R32UK]

I dont think it matters if your tyres are on your head... if you hit someone then you are most likely liable.

I have been reliably informed that if I hit another car (pedancit hat on) whilst driving my car...with winter tyres on the back but not the front, I have not diliberately de-stabilised my vehicle and as such am not liable.
Even though I'll lose my NCD and get f**ked my my insurance company.

I am quite sure you would still be liable... if you dont leave enough of a gap for you to stop, then its your fault. I think insurance companies would look into greater detail if somthing went drastically wrong anyway, so it probably wouldnt matter in any case.

[Ess_Three]

I am quite sure you would still be liable... if you dont leave enough of a gap for you to stop, then its your fault. I think insurance companies would look into greater detail if somthing went drastically wrong anyway, so it probably wouldnt matter in any case.

Indeed you would...something lost in translation with my previous posts...

I was merely taking the micky out of out Winter Tyre legislation expert Ben, wo tried to say if you hit someone with winter tyres on the front only you'd be liable, but if they were on the back only you wouldn't.
It's palinly stupid...if you hit ANYONE it's your failt.

[Ben Lessani]

That isn't remotely what I said, for an almost 40 year old bloke - you act like an infant.

[Rolfe]

And there was me hoping we could avoid getting dragged into the insane proposition of putting your only pair of winter tyres on the rear wheels of your front-wheel-drive car.

Tell you what, I'd like to see how anyone who was daft enough to do that would have been getting on round here the past week or two!   

Rolfe.

[Ben Lessani]

And there was me hoping we could avoid getting dragged into the insane proposition of putting your only pair of winter tyres on the rear wheels of your front-wheel-drive car.

Tell you what, I'd like to see how anyone who was daft enough to do that would have been getting on round here the past week or two!  

Rolfe.

I've not said a thing I made my point on the other thread, little point re-hashing things.

[Ess_Three]

That isn't remotely what I said, for an almost 40 year old bloke - you act like an infant.

Read it again...it is EXACTLY what you said.
For someone who posts so much 'valuable information' you sure can be an asshole.

[Ess_Three]

I've not said a thing I made my point on the other thread, little point re-hashing things.

If you said your piece in the last thread, why do you insist in spoiling this one as well?