Rules Of The Road Learn The Law Series 12

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#learnthelawtuesdays Know what condition your vehicle is in! Everyday trooper work crashes due to faulty vehicle equipment, and today we are specifically talking TIRES! Tires are more than four points that touch the road. They grip the road so that you can control your vehicle.

If tires are in good shape, they will make your vehicle safer, more efficient, and save you money by increasing gas mileage. Tires that are not properly inflated or in bad condition can cause a car to lose control and crash.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 11,000 collisions each year are attributable to failing tires. Additionally, over 19,000 people were injured in car wrecks as a result of tire malfunction.

Need some tips on safe tires?:

check the pressure in all four tires and your spare if you have one. You should test the air when the car has not been running for at least three hours. That gives your tires time to cool off and resume their real pressure.
checking the tire tread is extremely important. Tires must be replaced when the tread level drops to or below 2/32 of an inch. Anything lower than that width and you are driving on bald tires which are very dangerous even in good weather.
blowouts are dangerous events that can happen without warning. That is why it is important to know what to do before you encounter one. There is generally no difference in what action you should take if the blowout is in the rear or the front, other than keeping in mind that the front tire blowout will affect the steering in most cars. If you have a blowout, slowly take your foot off of the accelerator and steer the car with two hands to a safe location.

27-37-101 Equipment Regulations

It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive, or for the owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any highway any vehicle, or combination of vehicles, which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or which does not contain those parts, or is not at all times equipped with equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required in this chapter or which is equipped in any manner in violation of this chapter, or for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required under this chapter.

27-37-401. Only pneumatic rubber tires permitted

(a)
(1) The wheels of all motor vehicles, including trailers and semitrailers, shall be equipped with pneumatic rubber tires.
(2) Nonpneumatic or solid rubber tire mountings shall not be permitted.

(b) No person shall operate or move on any highway any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer having any metal tire in contact with the roadway.

(c) No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, spike, or any other protuberances of any material except rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, with the following exceptions:
(1) It shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway;
(2) It shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety; and
(3) It shall be permissible to use metal studded tires as prescribed in § 27-37-402.

27-37-402.

(a) It is lawful to use metal studded tires with studs protruding not more than one-sixteenth inch (1/16") from the surface of the rubber tread on motor vehicles operated on the public highways of this state during the period from November 15 of each year until April 15 of the following year.

(b) If the United States Congress shall enact legislation, or if any agency of the federal government shall adopt regulations prohibiting the use of metal studded tires on motor vehicles operated on the public highways, the provisions of this section authorizing the use of metal studded tires shall terminate. Thereafter, it shall be unlawful to use metal studded tires on vehicles operated on the public highways of this state at any time.

Source: ASP Staff & Learn The Law Inspired by NEA Report

https://neareport.com/2017/10/17/state-police-how-to-use-the-left-turn-lane/

*Excerpt from: #learnthelawtuesdays

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