"Winter tire should be asked in addition to driving license"

From the day the mandatory winter tire application came into effect, winter tire inspections are carried out on urban and intercity roads. Underlining that vehicles should not be considered as passenger cars, Volunteer said, "Just as you wear a coat for your health in winter, winter tires should be worn on vehicles for vehicle health and safety."

The mandatory winter tire application, which started on December 1, continues at full speed. Traffic teams continue their inspections at critical points. Commercial vehicle drivers who do not have winter tires in their vehicles were fined 625 TL in 2019, while this figure was increased to 776 TL in 2020. The obligation to wear winter tires, which started on December 1, 2020, will continue until April 1, 2021. Otopapuç Business Owner Mustafa Gönüllü said, "When the Traffic Cops carry out inspections, they should ask" Is the car with a winter tire? "In addition to the driver's license.

'WINTER TIRE IS A MUST'

Reminding that it is mandatory to use winter tires between 1 December and 1 April in vehicles used for transporting passengers and goods on intercity highways, Gönüllü said, “Studded tires that can only be used on icy grounds replace winter tires. Having or using a skid chain in the vehicle does not eliminate the necessity of winter tires. The winter tire tread depth cannot be less than 4 millimeters in trucks, tractors, tankers and buses, and the tread depth of winter tires in vans, minibuses and automobile type vehicles cannot be less than 1.6 millimeters. Also, do not think your vehicle is a passenger car. Just as you wear a coat for your health in the winter months, winter tires should be worn on vehicles for vehicle health and safety ”.

'IT IS THE TIRE CARRYING THE CAR'

Emphasizing that no matter how high prices the vehicle is bought, the thing that carries it is the tire, Volunteer said “You go on the tire wherever you go. Therefore, one should act with awareness of this. That vehicle is carrying your life. You are hurting both the other party and yourself. This is a double-sided thing. Most of the accidents happen in the form of "I pressed the brake, the car did not stop". When the traffic police comes, they have to look at the first tire and measure the tire tread. There is no such thing as "I stepped on the car, it didn't stop." What is the reason it does not stop? Skidding and dragging the car means that the tire of the vehicle is finished and even driving it. It warns this person. Brake holding feature is not the first time. If the vehicle in front stops suddenly, the vehicle behind must also stop suddenly. "If the tire is good at that moment, it will hold."

‘WINTER SUMMER TIRE IS NOT EQUIPPED’

Talking about the features of summer and winter tires, Gönüllü said, “Summer tire is a tire that does not contain silica due to the heating of the asphalt. It has a feature of high rubber ratio and a maximum of 1 percent silica. The winter tire is also designed for asphalt from 7 degrees to minus 40 degrees and has a silica feature. Especially we can think of it as summer shoes and winter shoes. Just as we cannot travel in winter with summer shoes, we cannot travel without winter tires. Everyone's foot size is different, as is the size of each vehicle. The feature that should be in a good winter tire is silica. The tire we call silica has the feature of vacuuming. There are thin channels on the tire. Those thin channels are opened in the snow in winter and you can move easily as that tire holds the snow in the form of vacuuming. "Since there are channels in the summer tire and this is not obscure, it is limited and difficult for your vehicle to skid and move."

‘DO NOT TAKE THE STAMP WITHOUT SEEING!’

Emphasizing that if winter tires are used in summer, tires will wear out more quickly due to silica, Gönüllü said, “In some weather conditions, these tires may slip. If vehicle tires are used seasonally, there will be no problems. Just as we are damaged when we wear our winter shoes in the summer or our summer shoes in the winter, the vehicles can be damaged in the same way. In addition, there is the letter 'E' in a large circle indicating that the vehicle tires are produced in accordance with European standards. This indicates that the tires are in European standard. Our customers should pay attention to this when buying tires. They can safely buy tires with this stamping. But there are important brands in these winter tires. For example, there is a brand called Nokian. The company that made the first winter tire in the world. "Because the winter months are long in Finland, the guys have made tires according to him."

 ‘WE DO NOT RECOMMEND FOUR SEASON TIRES IN KONYA CONDITIONS’

Stating that they do not recommend all-season tires, Gönüllü said, “All-season tires contain rubber and silica. In order to produce an all season tire, we compromise winter tire and summer tire and mix something up. We do not recommend this in Konya conditions. Because the fog rate is not optimized in winter tires. It is a noisy tire. The person lives in Izmir. He will go to Manisa. Let him use all 4 seasons. But that all-season tire will be buzzing to him in the summer in Izmir's asphalt temperature. Because it will let the sound in. The most important feature that customers want in summer tires is silence. In winter, the air conditioner is working, the windows are closed, the ground is wet, and the asphalt is cold. When the temperature of the asphalt meets the temperature of the tire, a humming hum comes in. He ended his speech by saying that people who use it know more ”.

SÜMEYRA KENESARI / YENİ HABER GAZETESİ