I HATE running chains on the road!!! My experience is that you have to drive very slowly, or the chains will hit against something and damage both the vehicle and the chains. I sometimes carry chains, but have usually only used them for very short distances, to get unstuck. And that was always on 2 wheel drive vehicles.
In my area, for about 4 or 5 months of the year, we might have ice or snowy conditions. Lots of times during the Winter, our temperatures are right around freezing, which might mean thawing in the day and refreezing at night. Traction can change very quickly on a road, from bare and dry to extremely slick in a quarter of a mile.
For us, the solution to the problem is using metal studded snow tires during the Winter. I put 4 studded tires on all of my 2 wheel drive vehicles, and for the most part, get around just fine without having to mess with putting on chains and taking them off. My front wheel drive cars would probably go fairly well most of the time in the Winter without studs, but having studs makes them stop and corner MUCH better.
It is hard to deny that metal studs probably cause some damage to road surfaces. And some people, mostly in much less snowy Western Washington, want to make metal studs illegal. I sure hope that does not happen, as I believe that having studded tires on a vehicle makes driving a whole lot safer.
On my 4x4 pickups, I run unstudded mud and snow tires year around. I do carry a set of chains, but have not had them on for years. Being a little careful, I have been able to go where I wanted to go OK without chains on. I am VERY careful about anticipating stops, as I know that my pickups will not stop nearly as fast as my cars with studs on them. So far, so good.
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