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625 ILCS 5/12-401
(625 ILCS 5/12-401) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-401)
Sec. 12-401. Restriction as to tire equipment. No metal tired vehicle,
including tractors, motor vehicles of the second division, traction engines
and other similar vehicles, shall be operated over any improved highway
of this State, if such vehicle has on the periphery of any of the road wheels
any block, stud, flange, cleat, ridge, lug or any projection of metal
or wood which projects radially beyond the tread or traffic surface
of the tire. This prohibition does not apply
to pneumatic tires with metal studs used on vehicles operated by rural
letter carriers who are employed or enjoy a contract with the United
States Postal Service for the purpose of delivering mail if such vehicle
is actually used for such purpose during operations between November
15 of any year and April 1 of the following year, or to motor vehicles
displaying a disability license plate or a license plate for veterans with disabilities whose
owner resides in an unincorporated area located upon a county or township
highway or road and possesses a valid driver's license and operates
the vehicle with such tires only during the period heretofore described,
or to tracked type motor vehicles when that part of the vehicle coming in
contact with the road surface does not contain any projections of any kind
likely to injure the surface of the road; however, tractors, traction engines,
and similar vehicles may be operated which have upon their road wheels
V-shaped, diagonal or other cleats arranged in such a manner as to be
continuously in contact with the road surface, provided that the gross weight
upon such wheels per inch of width of such cleats in contact with the road
surface, when measured in the direction of the axle of the vehicle, does not
exceed 800 pounds.
All motor vehicles and all other vehicles in tow thereof, or thereunto
attached, operating upon any roadway, shall have tires of rubber or some
material of equal resiliency. Solid tires shall be considered defective and
shall not be permitted to be used if the rubber or other material has been
worn or otherwise reduced to a thickness of less than three-fourths of an
undue vibration when the vehicle is in motion or to cause undue
concentration of the wheel load on the surface of the road. The
requirements of this Section do not apply to agricultural tractors or
traction engines or to agricultural machinery, including wagons being
used for agricultural purposes in tow thereof, or to road rollers or road
building machinery operated at a speed not in excess of 10 miles per
hour. All motor vehicles of the second division, operating upon any
roadway shall have pneumatic tires, unless exempted herein.
Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit the use of tire
chains of reasonable proportion upon any vehicle when required for
safety because of snow, ice or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle
to skid.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
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