---- Rob <vwrobb@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> At  1/8/2013 09:53 AM,mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
>
>
> >Not where I live (Oklahoma, which does not have a snow tire or chain
> >requirement), but in some places I travel.  For example, Mr.
> >Squirrel  just reported that the BFG T/A KO is not approved for snow in Oregon.
> >
> >mcneely
>
>
> He said you have to carry chains (on certain parts of certain roads
> in the winter) which is a far different thing from having a tire not
> be legal in the winter. Real different! I'd never heard of a tire
> being illegal during a particular season.

Many states have times and places where traction tires or chains are required.  The most common situation is that the state DOT, Highway Safety Department, or equivalent has the authority to designate those times and places. At those times and places, tires not approved as traction tires are illegal.  What is so hard to understand about that?  No one has said that tires other than traction tires are always illegal, or illegal in places not designated as requiring them.

Here are a couple of examples from states where I drive:

http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&staticNav=TractionTires

http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=204-24-040

mcneely

>
>
> "But I still don't know if the BFG tire in 195/75-14 is approved for
> winter.  Even if siped, which would be considered a modification,
> that would not alter the legal situation.  mcneely"
>
> I suspect the "legal" situation for the tire v. season is not a
> matter of law in Oklahoma?
> I did want to see some of the state but not if I have to worry about
> a small town cop stopping me (out of state plate... anyone remember
> Hoyt Axton & his song "Speed trap'?
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnXgcutfz0 ) on the 1st of March to
> check my tires for a 'snowflake'.
>
> Rob
> vwrobb@gmail.com

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David McNeely