Whippersnapper: The few cops I've met told me that Idaho cops, for the most part, don't use studs. Some cops have jumbo SUVs though. But if they get stuck, they call for a tow at their employer's expense, and it happens a few times per season from what I hear on scanner traffic. For some, not all, getting into an accident or getting stuck is not an option. I will bolt on my studs (on snow wheels) at home when the snow gets here. Thanks for yet another condescending swipe at the state of Idaho, Bob. Thanks for playing, again.

Gary Ingram: Yeah, I went along with the BS about all season tires being ok for winter driving until I did a 360 on an overpass on I -90 in Montana a couple of years ago and ended up scrunched up against the middle concrete barrier, with my car half destroyed and my head and hands and legs banged up good and bleeding. Let's hear it for studs. They grip and hold. All seasons don't! And I am alive!.

DFO: Again, I'll put stud on my wife's Honda, which takes her to work and back and around town. I'll probably buy top-of-the-line, all-weather tires for the 4Runner and keep my fingers crossed.

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