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So today I'm driving a rented Ford Focus up from San Fran to Tahoe and I reach a checkpoint stopping people with no chains on their tires. It's snowing out and there is a bit of accumulation but not enough to cause issues. The guy at the checkpoint insists that I have to turn around and buy chains from some gas station. $60 later and I have chains on the front wheels of this Focus, the car handles worse, the traction control light is coming on like crazy and my speed is limited to 30miles an hour. It's not 1964 anymore, cars and tire technology have come a long way and an inch of snow on the ground shouldn't require tires...
