PROPOSED REGULATIONS ISSUED ON REGROOVED TIRES

CONDITIONS ARE SET FORTH UNDER WHICH REGROOVED TIRES MIGHT BE SOLD OR INTRODUCED INTO INTERSTATE COMMERCE. REGROOVED TIRES ARE DEFINED AS TIRES ON WHICH THE TREAD PATTERN HAS BEEN RENEWED OR A NEW TREAD PRODUCED BY CUTTING INTO THE TREAD OF A WORN TIRE. THE PROPOSED RULES BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION'S BUREAU OF MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY SPECIFY THAT ONLY TIRES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR REGROOVING MAY BE SO USED. THEY SET THE DEPTH OF THE GROOVES, AND REQUIRE THAT NO BUSES SHALL BE OPERATED WITH REGROOVED TIRES ON THE FRONT WHEELS. FRONT-WHEEL USAGE ALSO IS PROHIBITED ON SOME TRUCKS AND TRUCK-TRACTORS. REGROOVES ALSO MUST BE SO LABELED. COMMENTS ARE INVITED FROM ALL INTERESTED PARTIES.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Department of Transportation News, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1968-6-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Depth; Front wheel drive; Interstate commerce; Regulations; Tire treads; Tires; Trucks
• Old TRIS Terms: Regrooved tires
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222753
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Fhwa-186
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 15 1994 12:00AM