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Tyre Choice by Season
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Summer Tyres
The main characteristic of the summer tyre is excellent
driving and braking performance on both dry and wet
roads, in temperatures above freezing throughout the
spring, summer, autumn and winter. A simple block-shape
tread pattern ensures the tyre's contact area remains
as rigid as possible, ensuring maximium grip at all
times by optimising friction with the road surface.
If the tyre has any special indication on it, it means
this tyre is for summer usage. |
Winter Tyres
This type of tyre is suitable for snow and ice covered
roads. The tread pattern features a heavily siped,
fine-block design with grooves that are deep and wide,
providing excellent driving traction and braking performance
on winter road surfaces. The tread rubber used in
winter tyres provides good friction characteristics
and suppleness even in low temperatures. At present,
winter tyre design is focused toward braking performance
and driving control on icy roads. Recent developments
in tyre pattern design and rubber technology have
greatly improved winter tyre performance. |
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All-season Tyres
These tyres are designed to be used all year round
to save having to change the tyres to suit the season.
All-season tyre patterns are more complicated than
those of the summer tyre because of the longer block-edge
for winter usage. More sipes appear in the all-season
tyre than summer tyre to improve the braking and driving
performance by maximising the effect of edge. It is
important to remember that in regions where winter
temperatures are very low and heavy snow falls are
frequent, braking performance will rarely be 100 percent
so it is safer to use winter tyres. All-season tread
designs will provide good all-around traction for
varing road conditions, but still provide good treadwear
and tyre noise characteristics. |
Information courtesy of Kumho.
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