Road Car Tyres

[Calorus]

Where can I find complete letter of law, definitions and word-for-word requirements?

[bite-me]

Kwik Fit ?

[Calorus]

bite-me said:

Kwik Fit ?

I don't think they'd be much use for legal definitions. [Rude comment I think is a bit unnecessary, I'm sure clever people work in Kwik Fit, somewhere]

[IRM]

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety) Regulations 1994

maybe

[R_U_LOCAL]

What is it you need to know?

[7db]

Tyres:-
29. - (1) Subject to paragraph (2), wheels of vehicles of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table shall be fitted with tyres of a type specified in that item in column 3 which complies with any conditions specified in that item in column 4.

(2) The requirements referred to in paragraph (1) do not apply to road rollers and are subject, in the case of any item in the Table, to the exemptions specified in that item in column 5.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) a wheel of a vehicle may not be fitted with a temporary use spare tyre unless either -

(a) the vehicle is a passenger vehicle (not being a bus) first used before 1st August 1990; or

(b) the vehicle complies at the time of its first use with ECE Regulation 64 or Community Directive 92/23.

(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply to a vehicle constructed or assembled by a person not ordinarily engaged in the trade or business of manufacturing vehicles of that description.


TABLE
(regulation 29(1))
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Item Class of vehicle Type of tyre Conditions Exemptions
1. Locomotives not falling in item 6 Pneumatic or resilient
2. Motor tractors not falling in item 6 of a vehicle with an unladen weight of less than 2,540 kg unless the diameter of the rim of the wheel is at least 405 mm. Pneumatic or resilient No re-cut pneumatic tyre shall be fitted to any wheel
3. Heavy motor cars not falling in item 6 Pneumatic The following, if every wheel not fitted with a pneumatic tyre is fitted with a resilient tyre -

(a) a vehicle mainly used for work on rough ground;

(b) a tower wagon;

(c) a vehicle fitted with a turn-table fire escape;

(d) a refuse vehicle;

(e) a works truck;

(f) a vehicle first used before 3rd January 1933.

4. Motor cars not falling in item 6.
Pneumatic No re-cut tyre shall be fitted to any wheel of a vehicle unless it is -

(a) an electrically propelled goods vehicle, or

(b) a goods vehicle with an unladen weight of at least 2,540 kg and the diameter of the rim of the wheel is at least 405 mm

The following, if every wheel not fitted with a pneumatic tyre is fitted with a resilient tyre -

(a) a vehicle mainly used for work on rough ground;

(b) a refuse vehicle;

(c) a works truck;

(d) a vehicle with an unladen weight not exceeding -

(i) 1,270 kg if electrically propelled;

(ii) 1,020 kg in any other case;

(e) a tower wagon;

(f) a vehicle fitted with a turn-table fire escape;

(g) a vehicle first used before 3rd January 1933.

5. Motor cycles Pneumatic No re-cut tyre shall be fitted The following, if every wheel not fitted with a pneumatic tyre is fitted with a resilient tyre -

(a) a works truck;

(b) a pedestrian-controlled vehicle.

6. Agricultural motor vehicles which are not driven at more than 20 mph Pneumatic or resilient The same as for item 2 The requirement in column 3 does not apply to a vehicle of which -

(a) every steering wheel is fitted with a smooth-soled tyre which is not less than 60 mm wide where it touches the road; and

(b) in the case of a wheeled vehicle, every driving wheel is fitted with a smooth-soled tyre which -

(i) is not less than 150 mm wide if the unladen weight of the vehicle exceeds 3,050 kg, or 76 mm wide in any other case, and either

(ii) is shod with diagonal cross-bars not less than 76 mm wide or more than 20 mm thick extending the full breadth of the tyre and so arranged that the space between adjacent bars is not more than 76 mm; or

(iii) is shod with diagonal cross-bars of resilient material not less than 60 mm wide extending the full breadth of the tyre and so arranged that the space between adjacent bars is not more than 76 mm.

7. Trailers Pneumatic Except in the case of a trailer mentioned in paragraph (d) of column 5, no re-cut tyre shall be fitted to any wheel of a trailer drawn by a heavy motor car or a motor car if the trailer -

(a) has an unladen weight not exceeding -

(i) if it is a living van, 2,040 kg; or

(ii) in any other case, 1,020 kg; or

(b) is not constructed or adapted to carry any load, other than plant or other special appliance which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture and has a gross weight not exceeding 2,290 kg

(a) an agricultural trailer manufactured before 1st December 1985;

(b) an agricultural trailed appliance;

(c) a trailer used to carry water for a road roller being used in connection with road works;

(d) the following, if every wheel which is not fitted with a pneumatic tyre is fitted with a resilient tyre -

(i) a works trailer;

(ii) a refuse vehicle;

(iii) a trailer drawn by a heavy motor car every wheel of which is not required to be fitted with a pneumatic tyre;

(iv) a broken down vehicle; or

(v) a trailer drawn by a vehicle which is not a heavy motor car or a motor car.

[7db]

Of course if you narrow your question down, I can narrow the crap down.

[TPS]

UK law requires that your vehicle is fitted with the correct type and size of tyre for the vehicle type you are driving and for the purpose it is being used. This means fitting the right tyres and for safety ensuring that they are inflated to the manufacturer's recommended pressure.

The legal limit for minimum depth of the tread on your tyres is 1.6 millimetres, across the central ¾ of the tread around the complete circumference of the tyre.

It is also a legal requirement to ensure that tyres of different construction types or different sizes are not fitted to opposite sides of the same axle. The two main tyre types are radial and cross-ply, and these must not be mixed on the same axle.

[Calorus]

7db said:

Of course if you narrow your question down, I can narrow the crap down.

Not entirely sure there's enough crap there... I'm off to hunt he net for a full version of this. Many thanks!

[Calorus]

IRM said:

The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

Motor Vehicle Tyres (Safety) Regulations 1994

maybe

Mega. Ta.

[Calorus]

For your records, gentlefolk.