Made in October 2026. Each country’s rule was read from its own law or transport authority on 24–25 Oct 2026; every source is linked in the full table: https://copilot.travel/maps/winter-tyres

A few things that surprised me:

  • Estonia requires winter tyres 1 Dec–1 Mar whatever the weather; Finland 1 Nov–31 Mar only when conditions require.

  • Germany only accepts tyres with the snowflake (3PMSF) mark in wintry conditions; old M+S-only tyres no longer count.

  • Caravans need winter tyres too in Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania; in Germany, Austria and France the rule only covers the towing car.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    Uhh why does ukraine and belarus have a different not included grey than russia? Hungary, poland, etc are one shade, ukraine, belarus, etc another and then russia a third.

    • Heikki@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      The shades are close. Three on purpose: the lighter grey (Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands) means “no winter-tyre law” the darker one (Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova) means “not verified / not covered” we only map what we can read in a countries own law or traffic authority, Russia is just the base map, outside what is covered