No...studless tires outperform studs in "many" situations, not "most." And studded tires outperform studless tires on ice near the freezing point...which we seem to have a lot of, eh? lol And, you have to remember, my tires are studded SNOW TIRES. So they're good on snow, too. And around here we don't tend to just have snow OR ice...we tend to have some of both scattered about.

Oh, and Rachael, in case you didn't notice my question...can you explain to us why the police department  here in Anchorage uses studded tires on their police cars?  Hmmm? They're just stupid, is that it? We're waiting.