(A) Every solid rubber tire on a vehicle moved on any street or alley, shall have rubber on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
(B) No tire on a vehicle moved on a street or alley shall have on its periphery any clock, stud, flange, cleat or spike or any other protuberance of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire, except that:
(1) This prohibition shall not apply to pneumatic tires with metal or metal-type studs not exceeding five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter inclusive of the stud casing with an average protrusion beyond the tread surface of not more than seven sixty-fourths of an inch between November 1 and March 15, however, school buses, mail carrier vehicles, and emergency vehicles shall be permitted to use metal or metal-type studs at any time during the year;
(2) It shall be permissible to use farm machinery with tires having protuberances which will not injure the street or alley; and
(3) It shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice or other condition tending to cause the vehicle to slide or skid.
(C) The Department of Roads and the governing body may, in its discretion, issue special permits authorizing the operation upon a street or alley of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks or farm tractors or other farm machinery.
(Prior Code, § 5-609) Penalty, see § 73.99
Statutory references:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 60-6,250