I’ve had plenty of winters like the top picture. Your mistake is living near humans.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2026
336 points (96.9% liked)
Funny
13099 readers
902 users here now
General rules:
- Be kind.
- All posts must make an attempt to be funny.
- Obey the general sh.itjust.works instance rules.
- No politics or political figures. There are plenty of other politics communities to choose from.
- Don't post anything grotesque or potentially illegal. Examples include pornography, gore, animal cruelty, inappropriate jokes involving kids, etc.
Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
The problem with the top picture is the cars, not the humans.
No, it’s definitely humans. If humans lived in the top picture there would be no trees and I’d get arrested for being naked in the snow.
load more comments
(6 replies)
The other mistake is car-dependency.
Humans can destroy beautiful wild lands without the help of cars.
Who can't drive on snow. Happens less in some places with actual locals who learnt growing up.
And places where people insist they don't need winter tires even though snow and ice is reality every year. No one and no vehicle can drive safely in the winter with summer tires.
Step 1: buy winter tires
Step 2: drive the appropriate speed for the conditions
Nah, we get folks from Jersey that come up my way insisting that their bald tyres are totally fine.
Dealing with the opposite, the non-existent winter.
(For all you Americans: 69.8°F - 77°F)
I miss winter so much :(
No one ever warns you about BLACK ICE
Come on now, you can't say that and not give the link!
(Stil upvoted you though)
I was on the run. I trusted the community would do it 🙏
Also, fuck ICE
Meh. Sapporo was fine in winter. I used buses and trains to go everywhere. Of course that is in Japan and not in some car-brain land.
🤫 you’ll upset the Western Grizzly.
get studded tires
Proper winter tires in the worst of conditions are 99% what you need.
Studs come in to play in rare situations.
Source: grew up driving on ice all winter. Not "snow", just ice. Eventually found Nokian Haakapaliita tires (Finnish), even the worst over-powered, open-diff, FWD car suddenly goes (and turns, and stops) in the worst conditions.
I refuse to use any other tire for winter.
70% of cars here use studded tires. they're very useful in wet ice or black ice conditions, which happen a lot here.
Why do my taxes keep going up to fix the roads? I guess we'll never know.
probably because they do it wrong
studded tires are a legal requirement here in some parts of the country and the roads are no worse for it
https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42626/dot_42626_DS1.pdf
https://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/Programs/ResearchDocuments/SPR304-671_StuddedTires_FINAL.pdf
https://wsdot.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-10/Studded-Tire-Damage-To-Asphalt.pdf
And yet study after study shows millions of dollars of damage.
here the main takeaway from studies is that the fewer cars have studded tires, the smoother the road surface becomes, which increases the amount of accidents in bad weather. if less than 50% of cars use studded tires the roads become too smooth in winter.
Is there any difference if people use tire chains instead of studded tires?
chains are worse for the road and can also come loose at high speed. they're for getting unstuck, not for general driving.
Sorry, but American statistics aren't fully relevant to their comment. Sweden has much more rigorous laws and controls regarding tires, and a particular difference is also rules regarding the stud length and depth.
Yes, our studded tires still damage the roads a bit more than "normal" tires, but it's not an astronomical difference. The lifesaving and healthcare costs associated with studded tires weighs significantly higher. Your life is considered much more expendable in the US as well, so of course they say you shouldn't use studded tires on ice... whereas our government research institute says you absolutely should.
I also assume the US uses really cheap asfalt or something? Or because of higher speed limits? Worse driving styles: intensive speed changes instead of calm tempo driving? Despite like 65% of cars using studded tires here, I've seen less road work here in my entire life than during a single year in the US. Dunno.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Then we got Vancouver, it was like 15 a few days ago. Suns out and I'm gonna hit the water this weekend. Should be cold and snowing by now but even the local ski hills look a bit brown still
Just don’t go out in bad weather.
If you do go out, ask yourself whether the trip is worth your life, or if it can wait a few hours or a day.
If it is worth your life you better have a car that handles quite well, and is equipped with snow tyres.
Too many damn people thinking that they’re WRC snow champions.
"Do a flip!"
Hahahaha
I live in a winter themed tourist trap. People are allowed to rent cars even if they've never seen snow before. The rental companies always use cheap unstudded winter tyres to save money. I pretty much see that shit every day for 6 months.
I can get both. My dad has a pond and all around it some really old pine trees with some trails made over the years. It's fun to walk through after a snow
Here it's like one or two weeks of snow and then rainy depression
Oh yeah and storms
Hehehe whenever I see a driver aggressively pass me going 85MPH on the left side when the weather conditions call for safety:
"See you in the ditch, bitch 😄🖕"
I drive Renault Clio with summer tires on ice, it is fun experience.
view more: next ›