Sec. 14-98a. Tires to be in safe operating condition.
Sec. 14-98a. Tires to be in safe operating condition. No person shall operate a
motor vehicle or trailer upon the public highways unless such motor vehicle or trailer
is equipped with tires in safe operating condition in accordance with requirements approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The commissioner shall establish standards of safe operating condition for tires mounted on vehicles, using simple measuring
gauges. Said requirements shall encompass effects of tread wear and depth of tread.
This section shall not apply to self-propelled combines, self-propelled corn and hay
harvesting machines and tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes. Any law
enforcement officer, at any time, upon reasonable cause to believe that the tires of a
vehicle are unsafe or it is equipped with tires in violation of the provision of this section,
may require the operator of such vehicle to stop and submit the tires of such vehicle to
an inspection. If the inspection discloses the vehicle to be in violation, the officer may
issue a summons for such violation. Operation of a motor vehicle or, as owner permitting
the operation of a motor vehicle in violation of any provision of this section shall be an
infraction.
(1967, P.A. 881; P.A. 75-577, S. 55, 126; P.A. 98-182, S. 2, 22.)
History: P.A. 75-577 replaced provision for $50 maximum fine with statement that violation is an infraction; P.A. 98-182 deleted motor vehicles used exclusively for farming purposes from exemption, effective July 1, 1998.
See chapter 881b re infractions of the law.
Cited. 41 CA 664. Cited. 46 CA 633.