Today I got some validation for my choice by way of the weather...

I was trying to decide if I should go with summer performance tires but opted to stick with the all-season because end up on the road in the cold, wet and even snow.

Today it was cold and it snowed. As I came down the hill in the highway where two four lanes interchange, I saw a big mess up ahead where the road I am on goes onto an overpass and curves sharply to the left to joint the highway below.

This overpass has a joint that causes the wheel to lift just enough that if you are traveling the speed limit all the way through the curve (70mph) the car will shift slightly to the right as the wheel lifts. It's not a good idea to have this happen if the surface is slick, assuming you even make it that far.

Anyway, as I approach I see an accident. It's 32 degrees, the road is wet, and to be sure, the bridge has to have ice on it. So these drivers must have entered the curve too hot and kept going straight which puts them into the Jersey barrier. One of them bounced across the highway and piton'd the guard-rail on the other side.

Not a mile down the highway there's another pile-up with one car capsized in the ditch and back boards and all kinds of rescue.

All I can say is I hope those people all made it out with no permanent injuries. For my part I was lucky I wasn't the first one on the fly-over, though I do track outside temp and compensate on bridges. And thankful that I chose these tires. The whole drive in not one "moment" of uncertainty.