Almost 80 per cent of German drivers consider a clearly regulated law on winter tyre duty to be useful. This was the result of a recent survey on the web portal motor-talk.de. However, there is disagreement as to whether a fixed period of time or the regional weather conditions should be a criterion for the application of winter tyre duty. Winter tyres on snowy roads: 78 per cent of the 5000 drivers who have participated in the motor-talk survey so far support an a (Photo: Continental) Berlin. Federal Minister of Transport Ramsauer wants to introduce a winter tyre obligation before the fall of winter. In the road traffic regulations it is intended to define concretely what winter road conditions are and what characteristics a winter tyre needs. What German drivers think of this is determined by the motor-talk.de car and motor-community. Of the 5000 drivers who have participated in the survey so far, 78 percent have a general obligation to wear winter tyres, but just under 21 percent prefer to be able to decide for themselves whether or not to raise winter tyres. Among the supporters of the obligation to wear winter tyres, however, the spirits differ from the question of how such a duty should be implemented in concrete terms. For example, half considers a fixed period of time – for example from October to Easter – to be useful, while the other half considers the respective weather conditions as a decisive criterion. In this context, many drivers refer to the regional differences in weather conditions. What exactly is a “suitable tyres”? There is also agreement on the issue of the need to define more clearly what is to be understood as “appropriate tyres”, and which tyres can be stamped “winter tyres”. Since not all tyres offered on the market are suitable for winter use, drivers demand a clear and protected designation as the basis The website motor-talk.de, which was launched in 2001, is the largest European car and motor community on the Internet with over 1.5 million registered users. Users exchange information on topics related to the car in forums and blogs with like-minded people. Your answers (of course mine) are heard.