LeasePlan: “winter tyres are not always safe”

Posted on 17-02-2015 at 12:04 by Dizono – 47 Comments”

Yes, LeasePlan endorses the positive effects of winter tyres. However, winterrubber for safer handling. And that is not so much the tires but the driver, according to the leasing company.

In a growing number of countries, winter tyres are compulsory in winter months and also in your own country, the number of cars with winter tires still. We look at the fleet of LeasePlan, mounting of 79.5 percent of drivers of passenger cars, winter tyres. Under 53 percent of the vans is winterrubber.

Advantages of winter tyres
The increasing popularity of winter tyres is not so strange, the tyres have quite a lot of advantages in the cold months:

• At a lower temperature than 7°C will allow winter tyres for more grip and safety than summer tyres.
• Better handling due to the rubber compound and improved water drainage of the winter tyres.
• Winter tyres provide shorter braking distances on slippery or wet roads. This saves approximately six to ten percent compared to normal tyres. On snowy roads save even fifteen to twenty percent.

Add that, should you not yet be convinced of the usefulness of winter tyres, they anyway need if you, for example, for winter sports by Germany and/or Austria to drive, they are compulsory.

Not necessarily safer
Although LeasePlan this benefits of winter tyres endorses, they notice that winter tyres are not per se provide for a decrease in the number of claims for damage. In fact, even the opposite may be the case! Many drivers adjust their driving style much too restricted in the winter because they think they can rely on their winter tyres. If you with winter tires, drive you come to find out later that it is smooth. Many drivers with winter tyres remain in their vehicle in front driving, to go yet to catch up with and drive with a higher speed than is actually justified. Further-and this is important – if everyone is on winter tires to drive, it is the advantage of winter tyres is also more limited. A vehicle is on winter tires is also rather quiet. If you are a good distance, then blow you will still be on top. The opinion of LeasePlan to her riders is that winter tires only help if the driver is his driving style to adapt to the wintery conditions and not to the better quality of the tires. So, be careful and keep driving if someone without winter tyres!

Winter tyres, also under your lease!
Winter tyres are not normally included in a lease contract. LeasePlan offers a WinterbandenPlan for passenger cars and vans, and informs drivers when their tyres are best fitted. Winter tyres in October/november and summer tyres in march/april. In practice, more than half of the leaserijders the winter tyres in november assemble.