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169.72.1(b)
Statute ID:
14274
Statute Function ID:
30982
Traffic Regulation- Metal Tire in Contact with Roadway Prohibited
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Offense Level:
Misdemeanor (M)
General Offense Code:
DWI/Traffic/Vehicle Regulation (4)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Traffic/Accidents(exclude DWI) (J) (Rank 28)
Detailed Offense Code:
Traffic/Transportation (499)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
999
NIBRS Non-Reportable
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
Yes
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
Yes
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
169.72.1(b)
Enactment Date:
May 10, 2012
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 2012
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Traffic Regulation- Metal Tire in Contact with Roadway Prohibited
Statute ID:
14274
Created:
Jul 26, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Apr 17, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Updated
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended 2012 c287 art3 sec34
Summary Text:
Traffic Regulation- Metal Tire in Contact with Roadway Prohibited
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/72.html
Legislative Session:
2012 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 26, 2012
(a) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle must 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, except in case of emergency. (c) Except as provided in this section, no tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. It shall be permissible to use any of the following on highways: implements of husbandry with tires having protuberances which will not injure the highway, and 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. (d) It s permissible to use any of the following on highways: (1) implements of husbandry 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; and (3) tires on a bicycle as provided in section 169.222, subdivision 6. (e) The commissioner and local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may, in their discretion, 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 chapter.
