New Mexico § 66-3-847 - Restrictions as to tire equipment

§ 66-3-847. Restrictions as to tire equipment

A. When use is permitted, every solid rubber tire on a vehicle shall have rubber on

its entire traction surface at least one-inch thick above the edge of the flange of

the entire periphery. B. A person shall not operate or move on a highway a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer

having any tire surface in contact with the roadway that is wholly or partly of metal

or other hard nonresilient material, except a snow tire with metal studs designed

to increase traction on ice or snow. C. No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery a block, flange,

cleat or spike or any other protuberance of any material other than rubber that projects

beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire. However, it shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances

that will not injure the highway and tire chains of reasonable proportions or snow

tires with metal studs designed to increase traction on ice or snow upon any vehicle

when required for safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause

a vehicle to skid. D. The state transportation commission and local authorities, in their respective

jurisdictions, may, in their discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation

upon a highway of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse

corrugations upon the periphery of the movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm

machinery that would otherwise be prohibited under the Motor Vehicle Code. E. A vehicle equipped with solid rubber or cushion tires shall not be permitted upon

any highway of this state without special permission from the state transportation

commission or the local authority having jurisdiction over the highway affected, and

in no event may any such vehicle be operated at a speed in excess of that specified

by law.