AutoSock Products link : http://astore.amazon.com/autosock-20
AutoSock - textile wheel covers with an elasticated edge; you just slip them over the driving wheels when you find yourself getting stuck. ("Yes - it really is this easy" and "Yes, of course they work!") Be prepared for the winter by carrying a set of AutoSock in your car, happy in the knowledge that
-fitting them is easy. If you can pull a sock over your foot you can push a fabric cover over a wheel.
-fitting them requires no practice.
-they weigh less than 1kg and take up minimal space. It's sensible to keep them with the spare wheel, always ready for use.
-they are relatively universal, i.e. one size fits over 60% of cars.
-they're reusable again and again - providing value for money for years to come.
-they work!
Probably the most difficult part of the operation is remembering that they're there!
AutoSock provides an ideal "Get me Home" or "Get me to that meeting" solution - but only if you keep a set in the car! Although developed in Norway, they're particularly appropriate for the UK, where we experience sudden and sporadic snow fall, usually short lasting, but so often the cause of massive disruption and inconvenience while it lasts.
Most of us take our chances because, all things considered, it's hard to justify the use of winter tyres, and carrying snow chains is "over the top". The good news is that tests show AutoSock to be more effective than winter tyres, with the further benefit that you only fit them when you need them.
