de zomerbanden

Translation

summer tyres

Tyres with a harder rubber compound and wider grooves, made for warm and wet asphalt. Below roughly 7 degrees that rubber hardens and loses grip, exactly when the road is cold and wet. In the Netherlands you may drive on them all year; the legal floor is the same for every tyre: the main grooves must keep at least 1.6 mm of tread around the whole circumference (Regeling voertuigen, art. 5.2.27). Deep wide grooves carry water away and postpone aquaplaning.

How it sounds in the exam

Wat gebeurt er met zomerbanden onder 7 graden?

What happens to summer tyres below 7 degrees?

Do not confuse it with

• winterbanden

Related terms

• bandenprofiel
• bandenspanning
• aquaplaning
• nat wegdek