bandit wrote:This page from the AA may help to clarify the legal position regarding winter driving in Germany, including a section on "on the spot fines".
http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/safety/winter-tyres-and-snow-chains.html
sadly not enforced in my experience, you spent half the year with some a*hole in a BMW up your exhaust pipe at 200kph and then when it snows he's sideways on the road or skidding along at 10kph and being a total a*hole won't get out of your way :twisted: