Source?

State police are on quite a roll recently

Pretty sure you don't need the three peak, M+S is enough.

Of course they do. Then they turn out young people into addicts who turn to crime to feed their habits and end up in low-barrier shelters where there are few recourses to help them to get sober and no incentive to stop using or stealing. It’s a systemic failure

Happens in the northeast too. Last year on Presidents weekend I left New Jersey and my car thermometer said it was 68 degrees outside. 7 hours later I was in blizzard conditions north of Montreal. Approximately nobody in NJ uses snow tires, between November and April there are more 70 degree days than snowy days.

I am currently under the assumption that it was making power, mostly because that spout of water was coming out of a rather large building coming out of the dam, with a good amount of power lines coming out of that

Like George Santos recently said, "We all do dumb things."

ps, this was about 52 years ago. I hold a grudge.

I’ve only seen them on cars when visiting Colorado. I think I’ve seen a logging trailer with them here on a class 4 road.

Higher elevations still have snow . Now it’s melting and then it’s going to freeze and get icy . Then I’m going to put chains on to be successful.

Exactly bud. I use chains every winter to go up my two mile uphill both ways ice luge of a road . Don’t love putting them on - but not going for an out of control slide down the mountain and inevitably crashing into a tree makes it worth it.

I fucking love it. No matter how many places I travel to or how far away I go, this damn state always calls me back. I can’t stay away. It’s like a drug

In Europe (French and Swiss Alps) chains are still considered the default for snow traction. In most cases snow tires are considered an acceptable alternative, but IIRC there are still a few roads in the Alps where you legally have to have chains even if your car has snow tires.

They're also more popular with tourists who don't expect to drive on snow except for their annual ski vacation. Some people use "snow socks" on their tires instead.

In Massachusetts, recently discharged from the USAF, I was pulled over by a state trooper for having a tail light out. I had been painting my mom's house in NH and still had my painting clothes on. License was in my other pants in the back seat and when I picked them up a brass pipe fell out. The bastard just had to arrest me and put me in jail (for about 2 hours). Six months later he was arrested for being part of a stolen car ring. Hey Anthony, fuck you.

A first!

Some heavy vehicles (trucks and school buses) now have automatic tire chains that can deploy under the wheels when needed.

Here where I live in Spain, chains are often required when driving through certain mountainous areas in bad conditions.

Why are they not consistent a good option? Conversely, is there some reason why I never hear anything about snow tires here? I guess it's because snowy conditions would be a very occasional and short term situation for most drivers here (excepting those who live in the mountains, which is a very small proportion of those who drove through the mountains). Would snow tires be a viable replacement for chains or do they serve different purposes? Can you leave snow tires on all year round?

It only gets crushed into mixed glass in VT and never gets recycled back into glass items. The only valuable glass to glass recycling programs keep colors separate

Yea, not sure what people in this thread do in the winter, and while I don't chain up to go out I have needed them to get their or back from time to time. Snow tires for commuting, chains for recreating/emergencies.

Vermont is inconvenient, expensive, and one of the most beautiful states in the USA

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it! I’ve been dragging my feet bc I wasn’t sure how to go about it

Hey there - just saying -- if anyone wants to make a cool "YES YOU NEED SNOW TIRES" graphic, I'll make it the header image over at r/newtovermont.

(Also, I'll probably crosspost/sticky this thread when I get a chance.)

Vermont, as a colony, was founded upon the benefits of the slave trade as was every English, Dutch, Potrtugese and French colony of the era. Abolishing slavery earlier is a very narrow distinction.

And we continued to discriminate against Catholics, Jews and POC until the last 50 years.

There definitely is fake maple syrup and those establishments which use it should be shunned. Otherwise, pretty spot on, especially the bit about beer and cheese, and the biking. Vermont is shifting to a biking paradise, which is awesome (for those who like it, like me).

There are many, many ways to riff off of a username. One might say it's a bottomless well.