Asked by KTVZ

875 Votes

Do you use studded tires?

35%

Yes, for safety! Yes, for safety!

65%

No, not necessary. No, not necessary.

35%

Yes, for safety!

Even if it's a mild winter, using studded tires gives me piece of mind on the road.

Even if it's a mild winter, using studded tires gives me piece of mind on the road. Show Less

4 Comments

I will stop using studs when they stop using them on public vehicles. must be good for the government but not good for the rest of us.

Paul Dunn

Safety reasons

Larry Bruce

I use studded tires in winter, icy conditions. Many people drive in winter conditions without any preparation. I want to be safe as possible and studded tires have proven they are safer on ice & snow.

Marc-Olivier Bélanger

so fafe!

65%

No, not necessary.

All-season or winter tires will do the trick; I'd rather not contribute to the damage studs do to our roads.

All-season or winter tires will do the trick; I'd rather not contribute to the damage studs do to our roads. Show Less

10 Comments

Michael Coppedge

A good set of dedicated snow tires and 4/all wheel drive works just as good as studded tire and do not tear up the roads.

sharder8

Having grown up in northern MN and spending plenty of winter driving in AK, they're simply not needed.

Dave Voiles

Lived here 42 years, never used studs. If you think you need better traction buy a good set of snow dedicated tires. If you're really worried about the condition of our roads, STOP using studs.

Ka San

I am retired and have an all-wheel drive Mini. If the weather is that bad, I just stay home. Otherwise, my Mini handles it well. I would not go to the expense + trouble to buy and switch out tires.

a Abbott

I have my tires syped so I don't affect the pavement negatively and they work just fine; even on icy roads.

Richard Dillard

The only thing that the do is tear up the roads. they really only work when the roads are very icey,

Sharon Brackett

Have all season siped radicals on an all wheel drive vehicle.

Bill Hulings

They do help on glare ice but if people would simply learn how to drive. I married a set of studs when I married the first time. I pulled the studs and have never used them since.

Nate Hamilton

My Blizzak tires work awesome on all road surfaces, are nice and quiet and don't cost our local society dearly in the form of excessive pavement damage. What's not to like!

Bill Rogers

If you feel you need studs you should stay off the roads. I ride a motorcycle and the stud ruts in Central Oregon make picking a line very difficult.

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

Asked by KTVZ

283 Votes

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

25%

YES YES

75%

NO NO

25%

YES

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

75%

NO

2 Comments

Latterdaysaint

Of course not, trump will make America great again!

Jeff Sanders

I am glad that we were Blue over all on the West coast. Those flyover states have too much say.

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

Asked by KTVZ

537 Votes

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

30%

YES YES

70%

NO NO

30%

YES

2 Comments

Kit Cohan

I prefer metering to increasing the number of lanes. More than one lane makes roundabouts much more dangerous to navigate, especially with drivers who are not locals and do not understand how roundabouts work. 2 lanes = many more accidents plus 2 lanes need to be a much larger diameter for safety.

Jeff Sanders

You're literally bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge. The people from the Old Mill Never Cease coming.

70%

NO

9 Comments

Dennis Douglas

If it weren’t so maddening, our City counselors would make for a cast in a Monty Python show. They befuddle themselves with ludicrous ideas and foist them onto the taxpayers. Bend is becoming a laughing stock to outsiders and a source of continual angst for the residents.

SUE ABERNATHY

Isn't that why they put the round about in because stop lights were going to cost to much????? Just saying.

sara kreps

doesn't this defeat the purpose of a roundabout? might as well make it a regular intersection with lights.

Dave Krajczynski

If people used the roundabout correctly and actually filled in the gaps and went when there was an opening it would flow just fine. People wait for a bus sized gap before they go.

Jeff Sanders

The people coming from the Old Mill Never Cease coming. Traffic is backed up to Bill Healy bridge everyday. At least in the winter.

Kathy Brown

Make a LARGER round-about!! A stop light will only make it worse!!

Chris Gonzales

A roundabout's primary purpose in traffic management is to improve safety and traffic flow, resulting in less congestion and fewer accidents compared to traditional stoplight intersections. Key words: Flow, less congestion and Stoplights. Now they want to add Stoplights!!! City waste at its Best!

Latterdaysaint

The point of the roundabouts was to get rid of lights

Fletcher Jackson

What's the point of having a light at a roundabout? The point of a roundabout is to get rid of the lights. Widen it and start growing for the people coming here. The way bend builds, everything is obsolete by the time it's done.

Tim Walker

I drive through this around about several times everyday and it is never an issue very rarely. Is it an issue? The reason they put roundabouts in for the first place was to get rid of stop lights and stop signs

Jeff Sanders

It's bumper to bumper from the Bill Healy bridge.

KTVZ

Do you use studded tires?

35% Yes, for safety! Yes, for safety!

65% No, not necessary. No, not necessary.

35% Yes, for safety!

65% No, not necessary.

Have you been experiencing more stress after the 2024 election?

25% YES YES

75% NO NO

25% YES

75% NO

Do you support a traffic light at the Reed Market and Bond St roundabout?

30% YES YES

70% NO NO

30% YES

70% NO

35%

Yes, for safety! Yes, for safety!

65%

No, not necessary. No, not necessary.

35%

Yes, for safety!

65%

No, not necessary.

25%

YES YES

75%

NO NO

25%

YES

75%

NO

30%

YES YES

70%

NO NO

30%

YES

70%

NO