de winterbanden

Translation

winter tyres

Tyres with a softer rubber compound and a finer siped tread, marked M+S or with the mountain and snowflake symbol. Below roughly 7 degrees they stay supple where summer rubber hardens, and that shortens braking on cold, wet asphalt. The Netherlands has no winter tyre requirement; legally only this counts, that the tread of the main grooves is at least 1.6 mm around the whole circumference (Regeling voertuigen, art. 5.2.27). Other countries may well require them.

How it sounds in the exam

Zijn winterbanden in Nederland verplicht?

Are winter tyres compulsory in the Netherlands?

Do not confuse it with

• zomerbanden

Related terms

• bandenprofiel
• bandenspanning
• gladheid
• ijzel