...Tyres Every wheel of a vehicle shall be fitted with a pneumatic tyre of a suitable size and design. ...
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...Hub projection No portion of any wheel or any fitting thereof shall project more than 90 millimetres beyond the extreme outer face of the tyre with which the wheel is fitted when such tyre is fully inflated. ...
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...Tyres of taxi The wheels of every vehicle which is a taxi shall be fitted with pneumatic tyres which shall be — of such dimension as may be approved by the Registrar; and inflated to such pressure as the Registrar may specify. The size and pressure of the tyres for any taxi shall be displayed on the dashboard of the taxi. ...
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...Condition and maintenance of tyres Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road any motor vehicle or trailer, a wheel of which is fitted with a pneumatic tyre, if — the tyre is unsuitable having regard to the use to which the motor vehicle or trailer is being put or to the types of tyres fitted to its other wheels; the tyre is not so inflated as to make it fit for the use to which the motor vehicle or trailer is being put; the tyre has a break in its fabric, or has a cut in excess of 25 millimetres or 10% of the section width of the tyre, whichever is the greater, measured in any direction on the outside of the tyre and deep enough to reach the body cords; the tyre has any lump or bulge caused by separation or partial failure of its structure; the tyre has any portion of the ply or cord structure exposed; or where the tyre is fitted to a wheel of a motor vehicle, being a motor cycle whereof the cylinder capacity of the engine does not exceed 50 cubic centimetres, the tread of the tyre does not show throughout at least 75% of the breadth of the tread and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre a pattern the relief of which is clearly visible, or where the tyre is fitted to the wheel of any other motor vehicle or any trailer, the tread pattern (excluding any tie-bar) of the tyre does not have a depth of at least one millimetre throughout at least 75% of the breadth of the tread and round the entire outer circumference of the tyre. Nothing in paragraph (1) shall apply to a land tractor or land implement. Nothing in paragraph (1) or (4) shall apply to a broken-down vehicle or to a vehicle proceeding to a place where it is to be broken up, in either case being drawn by a motor vehicle at a speed not exceeding 35 kilometres per hour. Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road any motor vehicle or trailer a wheel of which is fitted with a recut pneumatic tyre the fabric of which has been cut or exposed by the recutting process. Without prejudice to paragraphs (1) and (4), all the tyres of a motor vehicle or trailer shall at all times while the vehicle or trailer is used on a road be maintained in such condition as to — be fit for the use to which the vehicle or trailer is being put; and be free from any defect which might in any way cause damage to the surface of the road or danger to persons on or in the vehicle or trailer or to other persons using the road. ...
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...Tyres Subject to paragraph (2), every wheel of a motor vehicle or trailer when the trailer is being drawn on a road shall be equipped with a pneumatic tyre of a suitable size or design. In the case of any of the following vehicles every wheel thereof shall be fitted with a pneumatic tyre, or a tyre of soft or elastic material of a suitable size and design: motor tractors, light locomotives and heavy locomotives; motor vehicles or trailers designed for use solely in connection with street cleansing, or the collection or disposal of refuse or of the contents of drains, gullies, latrines or cess-pools; S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006 special purpose vehicles for fire fighting or rescue purposes; and S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006 Deleted by S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006 motor cars each not exceeding 1.5 metric tons in weight unladen. S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006 ...
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...Side overhang No part of a vehicle included within the overall width thereof shall project laterally more than 150 millimetres beyond the outer face of the outer tyre on the rearmost wheel on the same side of the vehicle. S 83/2006 wef 15/02/2006 ...
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...Suspension Every vehicle shall be fitted with an efficient suspension system so designed and constructed that there is no excessive body sway. For the purposes of this rule, a tyre shall not be regarded as forming part of the suspension system. ...
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...Springs Every motor vehicle and every trailer drawn thereby shall be equipped with suitable and sufficient springs between each wheel and the frame of the vehicle. Nothing in paragraph (1) shall apply to any — plant used for road repair; land implement or land tractor; mobile crane; works vehicle; or motor tractor not exceeding 4 metric tons in weight unladen if all unsprung wheels of such tractor are fitted with pneumatic tyres. ...
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...Wheels and diameters thereof Every motor vehicle and trailer shall be so constructed that the entire weight of the motor vehicle or trailer is transmitted to the road surface by circular wheels or by tracks if the motor vehicle or trailer is a track laying vehicle. In the case of a track laying vehicle the parts of the track which come into contact with the road surface shall be flat and have a minimum width of 13 millimetres; and the total area of each track in contact with the road surface at any one time shall be at least 230 square centimetres in respect of each metric ton of the unladen weight of the track laying vehicle. A track laying motor tractor shall not draw any trailer. All wheels of a motor vehicle and trailer which are equipped with tyres other than pneumatic tyres shall have a rim diameter of at least 670 millimetres. Nothing in paragraph (4) shall apply to a — works vehicle not exceeding 1.5 metric tons in weight unladen; motor vehicle or trailer designed for use and used by or on behalf of the Government solely in connection with street cleansing, road repairs, the collection or disposal of refuse or the contents of drains, gullies, latrines or cess-pools; and mobile crane. ...
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...Motor cycles with side-cars attached thereto A motor cycle may be fitted with a side-car for the carriage of a passenger or goods. The overall length of the side-car shall not exceed 1,400 millimetres. The overall width of the side-car measured between the point of its attachment to the motor cycle and the outer face of its tyre shall not exceed 1,020 millimetres. The overall height of the side-car shall not exceed 800 millimetres. In the case of a vehicle used by an ice-cream vendor, the overall height of the side-car attached thereto may exceed 800 millimetres but shall not exceed 1,100 millimetres. Every side-car constructed for the carriage of goods shall be fitted with one or more lids. ...
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... through the extreme projecting points thereof excluding — any driving mirror; any pass lights which do not increase the overall width by more than 150 millimetres; any direction indicator; and so much of the distortion of any tyre as is caused by the weight of the vehicle; In ascertaining the extreme...
... their effects; pneumatic tyre means a tyre which is — provided with, or together with the wheel upon which it is mounted forms, a continuous closed chamber inflated to a pressure substantially exceeding atmospheric pressure when the tyre is in the condition in which it is normally used, but is not subjected to any load; capable of being inflated and deflated without removal from a vehicle or a wheel thereof; and such that, when it is deflated and is subjected to a normal load, the sides of the tyre collapse; power operated steering mechanism of a vehicle means a steering mechanism provided... ... of a cross-member and linking components connected to the chassis side-members or to such components which replace them; recut pneumatic tyre means any pneumatic tyre in which an existing tread pattern has been cut or burnt deeper or a new tread pattern has been cut or burnt except where the pattern is cut entirely in additional material added to the tyre for the purpose; registered , in relation to a vehicle, means registered for the first time under section 26 of the Act; safety glass means glass so constructed or treated that if fractured it does not fly into fragments likely to... ... Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these Prescriptions (Revision 2, including the amendments which entered into force on )); S 207/2020 wheel , in the case of a motor vehicle or trailer, means a wheel the tyre or rim of which when... ... the site of such works. Except where otherwise provided in these Rules, a tyre shall be deemed to be of soft or elastic material only if the material — extends continuously round the circumference of the wheel; or is fitted in sections so that as far as reasonably practicable no space is left... |