TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Drving in winter conditions, Part 2: Tyre technology and rubber compound JO - VKU Verkehrsunfall und Fahrzeugtechnik A1 - Golka, Udo SP - 22 EP - 27 VL - 53 IS - 1 N2 - "Snow tyre means a tyre whose tread pattern, tread compound or structure are primarily designed to achieve in snow conditions a performance better than that of a normal tyre with regard to its ability to initiate, or maintain or stop vehicle motion". This is the definition found in UN/ECE R-117.02, although this regulation has not yet completely come into force. Part 2 of the article examines what these tyre properties have to do with driving in winter road conditions, and the fundamentals of tyre performance in winter.
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