New Brunswick government recommends winter tires but won’t make them mandatory
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is resisting renewed calls to make snow tires mandatory, as provinces across the country take different legislative approaches to the annual slip and slide of winter driving.
Green Leader David Coon says, just like seatbelts, mandatory winter tires would make it safer for motorists.
“Everyone knows that if you have winter tires you have much more stopping capacity in the winter and are less likely to slide when the conditions aren’t optimal on the roads,” he said Tuesday.
But New Brunswick Public Safety Minister Denis Landry said while he encourages the use of winter tires, he has no plan to make their use mandatory.