THE WINTER TIRE STUD

A SMALL UNIT, SIMILAR TO A RIVET, CONTAINING A TUNGSTEN CARBIDE CORE IS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN WINTER DRIVING SAFETY. THIS DEVICE, CALLED A WINTER TIRE STUD, FACILITATES STOPPING, CORNERING, AND STARTING ON ICE. WITH ROUGHLY 100 TIRE STUDS PROPERLY INSERTED INTO THE TREAD PATTERN OF A TIRE, FAVORABLE RESULTS CAN BE ACHIEVED THAT WERE NEVER BEFORE POSSIBLE UNDER ICY CONDITIONS. THE EUROPEAN AND SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES ARE CREDITED WITH THE INITIAL MARKET EXPOSURE AROUND 1959. INTEREST QUICKLY SPREAD, AND BY 1962 THE MAJOR RUBBER COMPANIES IN NORTH AMERICA WERE TAKING STEPS TO INCORPORATE THE WINTER STUDDED TIRE AS AN ACTIVE PART OF THEIR PROGRAM. TEST MARKETS WERE CONDUCTED DURING THE 1963-1964 AND 1964-1965 WINTER SEASONS WITH ENCOURAGING RESULTS. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, MARKETING EXPERTS FORECAST ITS FUTURE POTENTIAL WOULD EXCEED BY FAR THAT OF EUROPE. NOW IN ITS THIRD YEAR OF MARKETING IN NORTH AMERICA, THE STUDDED TIRE HAS BECOME A CONTROVERSIAL PRODUCT. THERE IS STILL MUCH TO BE DETERMINED CONCERNING ITS EFFECT ON VARIOUS ROAD SURFACES , AND THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP TO RESOLVE AN EXTREMELY COMPLEX LEGAL SITUATION THAT HAS RESULTED. SEVERAL STATES AND PROVINCES HAVE UNDERTAKEN ACCELERATED TEST PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE DATA, KEEPING IN MIND THE SAFETY ASPECT UNDER WINTER CONDITIONS, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY FEATURE OF THE TIRE STUD. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1966/136/136-001.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Ad Hoc Committee on Studded Tires and present at the 45th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Miller II, W P
• Publication Date: 1966

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 1-6
• Monograph Title: Studded tires
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 136
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerated tests; Carbides; Legal factors; Skid resistance; Studded tires; Studs; Surface course (Pavements); Tires; Traction; Tungsten
• Old TRIS Terms: Tungsten carbide
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00206232
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 7 1994 12:00AM