Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1742.Restrictions as to tire equipment.
(a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire
traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange
of the entire periphery.
(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 protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond
the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it shall be
permissible to use:
(1) Farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure
the highway;
(2) tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required
for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a
vehicle to skid;
(3) studded traction equipment upon any vehicle when required for
safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid; or
(4) pneumatic tires having metallic or nonmetallic studs designed to
improve traction without materially injuring the surface of the highway.
To qualify under paragraph (3) or (4), such tires or studded
traction equipment shall
be approved by the secretary of transportation by adoption of rules
and regulations, and their use
may be limited to
certain months or types of vehicles by such rules and regulations.
(d) The secretary of transportation and local authorities in their
respective jurisdictions may issue special permits
authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors
having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of
such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation
of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this section.
(e) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
or combination of vehicles having one or more tires in an unsafe
condition. A solid rubber tire is
in an unsafe condition if it does not comply with the
provisions of subsection (a). A pneumatic tire is in an
unsafe condition if it has:
(1) Any part of the ply or cord exposed;
(2) any bump, bulge or separation;
(3) a tread design depth of less than 1/16 inch
measured in any two or more adjacent tread grooves, exclusive of tie
bars, or, for those tires with tread wear indicators worn to the level of
the tread wear indicators in any two tread grooves;
(4) a marking "not for highway use" or "for racing purposes only" or
"unsafe for highway use";
(5) tread of sidewall cracks, cuts or snags deep enough to expose the
body cord;
(6) been regrooved or recut below the original tread design depth,
excepting special taxi tires which have extra undertread rubber and are
identified as such; or
(7) such other conditions as may be reasonably demonstrated to render it
unsafe.
(f) The provisions of subsection (e) shall not apply to a vehicle or
combination of vehicles being transported by a wrecker or tow truck, as defined
in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle with a single
tire on any hubs configured for a dual tire assembly. The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply: (1) To any truck registered for a gross weight of
20,000 pounds or less; (2) to any vehicle or combination of vehicles
operating with wide-base single tires, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1742b,
and amendments thereto, on any hubs configured for a dual tire assembly; (3) to
any single axle with hubs configured for a dual tire assembly when such single
axle does not exceed 9,000 pounds and is a part of a triple-axle combination;
or (4) in cases of emergency.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1742; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 41;
L. 1984, ch. 39, § 16;
L. 1986, ch. 42, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 262, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 342, § 4; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1742.Restrictions as to tire equipment.
(a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire
traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange
of the entire periphery.
(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 protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond
the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it shall be
permissible to use:
(1) Farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure
the highway;
(2) tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required
for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a
vehicle to skid;
(3) studded traction equipment upon any vehicle when required for
safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid; or
(4) pneumatic tires having metallic or nonmetallic studs designed to
improve traction without materially injuring the surface of the highway.
To qualify under paragraph (3) or (4), such tires or studded
traction equipment shall
be approved by the secretary of transportation by adoption of rules
and regulations, and their use
may be limited to
certain months or types of vehicles by such rules and regulations.
(d) The secretary of transportation and local authorities in their
respective jurisdictions may issue special permits
authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors
having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of
such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation
of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this section.
(e) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
or combination of vehicles having one or more tires in an unsafe
condition. A solid rubber tire is
in an unsafe condition if it does not comply with the
provisions of subsection (a). A pneumatic tire is in an
unsafe condition if it has:
(1) Any part of the ply or cord exposed;
(2) any bump, bulge or separation;
(3) a tread design depth of less than 1/16 inch
measured in any two or more adjacent tread grooves, exclusive of tie
bars, or, for those tires with tread wear indicators worn to the level of
the tread wear indicators in any two tread grooves;
(4) a marking "not for highway use" or "for racing purposes only" or
"unsafe for highway use";
(5) tread of sidewall cracks, cuts or snags deep enough to expose the
body cord;
(6) been regrooved or recut below the original tread design depth,
excepting special taxi tires which have extra undertread rubber and are
identified as such; or
(7) such other conditions as may be reasonably demonstrated to render it
unsafe.
(f) The provisions of subsection (e) shall not apply to a vehicle or
combination of vehicles being transported by a wrecker or tow truck, as defined
in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle with a single
tire on any hubs configured for a dual tire assembly. The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply: (1) To any truck registered for a gross weight of
20,000 pounds or less; (2) to any vehicle or combination of vehicles
operating with wide-base single tires, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1742b,
and amendments thereto, on any hubs configured for a dual tire assembly; (3) to
any single axle with hubs configured for a dual tire assembly when such single
axle does not exceed 9,000 pounds and is a part of a triple-axle combination;
or (4) in cases of emergency.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1742; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 41;
L. 1984, ch. 39, § 16;
L. 1986, ch. 42, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 262, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 342, § 4; July 1.
Article 17.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
8-1742.Restrictions as to tire equipment.
(a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on its entire
traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange
of the entire periphery.
(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 protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond
the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that it shall be
permissible to use:
(1) Farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure
the highway;
(2) tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required
for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a
vehicle to skid;
(3) studded traction equipment upon any vehicle when required for
safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid; or
(4) pneumatic tires having metallic or nonmetallic studs designed to
improve traction without materially injuring the surface of the highway.
To qualify under paragraph (3) or (4), such tires or studded
traction equipment shall
be approved by the secretary of transportation by adoption of rules
and regulations, and their use
may be limited to
certain months or types of vehicles by such rules and regulations.
(d) The secretary of transportation and local authorities in their
respective jurisdictions may issue special permits
authorizing the operation upon a highway of traction engines or tractors
having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of
such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery, the operation
of which upon a highway would otherwise be prohibited under this section.
(e) It is unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle
or combination of vehicles having one or more tires in an unsafe
condition. A solid rubber tire is
in an unsafe condition if it does not comply with the
provisions of subsection (a). A pneumatic tire is in an
unsafe condition if it has:
(1) Any part of the ply or cord exposed;
(2) any bump, bulge or separation;
(3) a tread design depth of less than 1/16 inch
measured in any two or more adjacent tread grooves, exclusive of tie
bars, or, for those tires with tread wear indicators worn to the level of
the tread wear indicators in any two tread grooves;
(4) a marking "not for highway use" or "for racing purposes only" or
"unsafe for highway use";
(5) tread of sidewall cracks, cuts or snags deep enough to expose the
body cord;
(6) been regrooved or recut below the original tread design depth,
excepting special taxi tires which have extra undertread rubber and are
identified as such; or
(7) such other conditions as may be reasonably demonstrated to render it
unsafe.
(f) The provisions of subsection (e) shall not apply to a vehicle or
combination of vehicles being transported by a wrecker or tow truck, as defined
in K.S.A. 66-1329, and amendments thereto.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a vehicle with a single
tire on any hubs configured for a dual tire assembly. The provisions of this
subsection shall not apply: (1) To any truck registered for a gross weight of
20,000 pounds or less; (2) to any vehicle or combination of vehicles
operating with wide-base single tires, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1742b,
and amendments thereto, on any hubs configured for a dual tire assembly; (3) to
any single axle with hubs configured for a dual tire assembly when such single
axle does not exceed 9,000 pounds and is a part of a triple-axle combination;
or (4) in cases of emergency.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1742; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 41;
L. 1984, ch. 39, § 16;
L. 1986, ch. 42, § 1;
L. 1993, ch. 262, § 1;
L. 1994, ch. 342, § 4; July 1.