§ 1006c - Trucks and buses; chains and tire requirements - Vermont Statutes

§ 1006c. Trucks and buses; chains and tire requirements

(a) The traffic committee may require the use of tire chains or winter tires on specified portions of state highways during periods of winter weather for motor coaches, truck-tractor-semitrailer combinations, and truck-tractor-trailer combinations.

(b) When tire chains or winter tires are required, advance notice shall be given to the traveling public through signage and, whenever possible, through public service announcements. In areas where tire chains or winter tires are required, there shall be an adequate area for vehicles to pull off the traveled way to affix any chains that might be required.

(c) Under chapter 25 of Title 3, the traffic committee may adopt such rules as are necessary to administer this section and may delegate this authority to the secretary. (Added 2009, No. 50, § 71.)