New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles
Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER
Subchapter D - Equipment
Part 51 - Tires
Section 51.8 - Snow tires
Universal Citation: 15 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 51.8
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) The following are considered snow tires:
(1) any
radial tire (a radial tire is a tire in which the ply cords extending to the
beads are nearly at right angles to the center line of the tread); or
(2) any tire which (a) has tread which has
ribs, lugs, blocks or buttons arranged in a generally discontinuous pattern;
(b) when inflated, has a substantial portion of the lug, block, or rib edges in
the tread design at an angle greater than 30 degrees to the tire
circumferential center line; and (c) on at least one side of the tread design,
has shoulder lugs that protrude at least one-half inch in a direction generally
perpendicular to the direction of travel.
(b) It shall be presumptive evidence that any tire labelled by the manufacturer on the sidewall with the words "mud and snow" or any contraction using the letters "M" and "S" (e.g., MS, M/S, M-S or M&S) is a snow tire which meets the requirements of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of this section.
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