When the snow coats the ground, the temperature dips and you turn on the heating, motoring becomes significantly more dangerous for everyone.
Frost, ice and snowfall can all have a big impact on motor vehicle collisions and injuries. For this reason, hiring a car with winter tyres is becoming increasingly popular. This is particularly true in skiing locations such as Sweden, Germany, France and Italy.
If you’re hiring a car in one of these locations, it’s important that you have winter tyres fitted as an extra safety precaution. Thankfully, a lot of our suppliers in these locations do equip vehicles with winter tyres in order to combat the weather and help drivers.
However, it’s important to stress that not all suppliers offer car hire with snow tyres. As a result, if you’re travelling to one of these locations, make sure that you request the use of winter tyres for your own safety when making the booking.
Here at Indigo, we will happily arrange car hire with winter tyres on your behalf. Simply call us on +44 (0) 113 2899281 or email us at sales@indigo.ecomfixers.com for more information on this topic.
Is Car Hire With Snow Tyres Important?
Winter tyres are an extremely important feature on rental cars and any cars that are travelling through conditions such as frost, ice and snow. Here are some common questions we get about the importance of winter tyres:
Is it not enough just to drive slowly instead?
If you’re travelling on an icy road at 20mph, you will stop 11m sooner if you have winter tyres equipped on your vehicle. This is a major difference in stopping distance, which is why winter tyres are such an important safety feature.
Are winter tyres really meant for when it snows?
Winter tyres aren’t designed for specific weather conditions such as frost/ice/snow. Instead, they are designed to be used for temperatures below 7 degrees. This means they provide optimal safety in the cold weather conditions.
How do winter tyres work?
Winter tyres have deeper treads, and this means that they are more suited to combatting problems such as snow. They also include a design feature called sipes. These are small incisions in the tyre surface that create extra traction on slippery surfaces.
Are winter tyres a legal requirement anywhere?
In the UK winter tyres aren’t a legal requirement.
However, in certain countries, winter tyres are a legal requirement during certain times of the year, such as Germany. Similarly, snow chains are compulsory in winter for France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Austria and Andorra.
Do winter tyres cost more on rental cars?
When there is a legal requirement for car hire with snow tyres, the tyres are fitted free of charge. However, if winter tyres are not a legal requirement, there may be a cost involved in getting them fitted.
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Looking for a hire car with winter tyres? Give us a call on +44 (0) 113 2899281 or email us at sales@indigo.ecomfixers.com.
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Matt from Indigo responded to my query very promptly and, unknowingly, helped me out of a very difficult situation whilst I was abroad (I had forgotten my credit card and no one would accept debit card to hire a car). Matt put me at ease and found me a car, at a reasonable price, within 10 minutes.
The only negative is that I was unnecessarily charged for snow chains (they’re not compulsory until mid-November), but i was refunded when Matt got involved.
I would definitely recommend Indigo and use them again in the future.
