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Are studded tires illegal in Texas? We used them all winter in Indiana when I was growing up. I hadn't even thought about them here, we get so little ice.suthdj wrote:...Oh god the memories as a child of each spring picking the studs out of my mothers tires so she would not get a ticket.
I think studded tires are illegal here, but chains are allowed when it's bad enough as long as they aren't damaging to the road. When my family moved down here from upstate NY we had a studded set of tires for each vehicle that we would swap out after Thanksgiving, sometimes earlier, and then back again around St. Patricks day. One time, the weather was bad like this the first winter down here and my dad put the studded tires on. An officer stopped him when he noticed them and warned him to get them back off or face a ticket, but did not give him a ticket that day.ELB wrote:Are studded tires illegal in Texas? We used them all winter in Indiana when I was growing up. I hadn't even thought about them here, we get so little ice.suthdj wrote:...Oh god the memories as a child of each spring picking the studs out of my mothers tires so she would not get a ticket.
BTW, I wish you north Texans would keep your cold air to yourselves. I didn't move to south Texas and 100+ degree summers so I could also freeze my fingers off in the winter.
This "winter storm", bad as it is, is nothing new and not particularly severe. Would you believe the record snowfall for San Antonio is 13.5 inches? I do because I was there, at Kelly AFB. I had to chain-up my car because, naturally, I was the Staff Duty NCO that week.ELB wrote:Are studded tires illegal in Texas? We used them all winter in Indiana when I was growing up. I hadn't even thought about them here, we get so little ice.suthdj wrote:...Oh god the memories as a child of each spring picking the studs out of my mothers tires so she would not get a ticket.
BTW, I wish you north Texans would keep your cold air to yourselves. I didn't move to south Texas and 100+ degree summers so I could also freeze my fingers off in the winter.
Not sure down here I was raised in Ill.ELB wrote:Are studded tires illegal in Texas? We used them all winter in Indiana when I was growing up. I hadn't even thought about them here, we get so little ice.suthdj wrote:...Oh god the memories as a child of each spring picking the studs out of my mothers tires so she would not get a ticket.
BTW, I wish you north Texans would keep your cold air to yourselves. I didn't move to south Texas and 100+ degree summers so I could also freeze my fingers off in the winter.
When we lived in PA, I had sets of studded snows for both cars. PA was more restrictive about how long you could run them than the surrounding States. I can ever think of studded snows any more without thinking of a funny story.C-dub wrote:I think studded tires are illegal here, but chains are allowed when it's bad enough as long as they aren't damaging to the road. When my family moved down here from upstate NY we had a studded set of tires for each vehicle that we would swap out after Thanksgiving, sometimes earlier, and then back again around St. Patricks day. One time, the weather was bad like this the first winter down here and my dad put the studded tires on. An officer stopped him when he noticed them and warned him to get them back off or face a ticket, but did not give him a ticket that day.ELB wrote:Are studded tires illegal in Texas? We used them all winter in Indiana when I was growing up. I hadn't even thought about them here, we get so little ice.suthdj wrote:...Oh god the memories as a child of each spring picking the studs out of my mothers tires so she would not get a ticket.
BTW, I wish you north Texans would keep your cold air to yourselves. I didn't move to south Texas and 100+ degree summers so I could also freeze my fingers off in the winter.
My brother posted on FB that all of his neighbors can rest assured that they will never lose power. He is certain of this because he had a 20KV gen installed when he built his house. I bought a gen 5 years ago and other than making sure it starts up several times a year, I've never used it.txglock21 wrote:It was a miserable weekend for me. Lost power about 6am. on Friday and didn't get back on until 6 pm. on Saturday night. Ventured out to get a warm meal Sat. morning and ended up getting a flat tire on the way back to cold house. Changing a flat tire on the side of I-30 with cars whizzing by on slick roads was not a fun process. The first thing I did when power came back on was to go online and order a generator (all stores were sold out). Not going through that mess again!
I had to make an emergency run to the store yesterday in my Chrysler 300 sedan, and even though the ruts were clear, I had to go 20-30 MPH to keep from knocking my oil pan out on the ice buildup in the middle. I appreciate all the 4WD and trucks that cleared the ruts for me in the first place, but have patience while I shave the middle down a bit.The Annoyed Man wrote:I have a vehicle with 4WD and off-road tires, so getting around really wasn't that hard for us. In fact, even on solid ice we did fine as long as I was smooth and didn't go too fast. The biggest problem I had getting around wasn't so much the ice, it was the other drivers. Most roads were limited to one lane open in each direction with cleared ruts, but even though the ruts were clear, sedan drivers were still driving like they weren't, so I kept getting stuck behind people going about 15-20 mph slower than I could comfortably (and safely) go.
