It’s Officially the Future: Winter Tires With Retractable Studs by Nokian

Sheet ice on smooth roads is so dangerous that we don’t even need to link a video in order to prove it, but we will anyway. It can turn any drive on a seemingly clear road into short-lived and fast-paced adventure that usually ends in the back of another car (or somebody’s living room) unless you have a set of the new Nokian winter tires with retractable studs.

The Finnish company’s newfangled tires offer the best of both worlds: extreme grip on ice, with the metallic studs deployed and smooth (and most importantly quiet) progress on motorways or other fast roads where they are not needed.

The tech would also theoretically allow people to use these kinds of tires for a longer period of time, since conventionally-studded ones are restricted in many countries.

Don’t expect to see one of these at your local tire vendor’s any time soon, though, because they are far from being ready for mass production. Nokian Technical consumer service manager Matti Morri said they “may indeed become a reality one day.” Cost is probably the main issue, though, for now…

Check out the first promo video, below.

All Hail Breaks Loose in Dallas, Cars and Drivers Under Attack by Baseball Sized Hailstones

A cataclysmic thunderstorm that produced baseball-sized hailstones for over three hours hit Dallas, Texas, late Wednesday afternoon, leaving thousands of residents and drivers stunned and scared at the same time.
State officials predict that the damages from the storm that include many broken car windows could well exceed $400 million.

Despite the fact that several drivers were caught off guard on the road when the hailstorm started to intensify, some were calm enough to film the apocalyptic scene on their cell phone cameras.

Other car owners shot some videos of the damages caused to their cars the following day. You can check out all the clips right past the jump.

NSFW Warning: Some videos contain foul language

Hagwalah This: Saudi Bus Full of Passengers Drifting

Just when you think you have seen it all from Saudi Arabian drifters, along comes a fresh video to remind you that they will always find a new way to endanger themselves, the crowd and other road users.

So what's more dangerous than a Japanese sedan practicing Saudi style drifting known as 'hagwalah'? Why a bus full of people that insist on not wearing their seatbelts, of course!

Catch the video right past the break.