Mandatory Winter Tires

WHEREAS all season and summer tires are ineffective on British Columbia roads during winter weather conditions and increased mobility has led to staggering casualty statistics and enormous health care and vehicular insurance costs; AND WHEREAS it has been demonstrated that only winter tires are designed to excel in the colder temperatures, slush, snow and ice that many parts of our province experience for five months or more: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities lobby the provincial government to develop a mountain highway designation and adopt a law whereby the installation of winter tires or carrying chains becomes mandatory for all vehicles on mountain highways in the province of British Columbia between the months of November and April of each year.