Actually, you can make your own studded snow tires. To do so, buy some boxes of quarter- and half-inch sheet metal screws, preferably with round pan heads. Then, get some old knobby tires and ...

The winter driving season has officially arrived with studded tires becoming legal Tuesday on ... Transportation Department estimated damage at $18 million a year. One Oregon Transportation ...

A proposal by four Puget Sound-area senators, all Democrats, would place a $5 fee on each new studded snow tire sold in the state to help pay for the damage they do to Washington’s streets and ...

While studless winter tires have largely caught up with studded tires in terms of performance and are significantly more environmentally friendly, the development of studded tires hasn't stalled ...

The cost: an estimated $18.2 million a year in state ... when driving around in Olympia, with his studded tires clicking away on roads that rarely see snow or ice. “I am sympathetic,” he ...