(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state a truck or truck tractor trailer, without rear fenders, which is not equipped with mud-flaps for the rear wheels. If mud-flaps are used, they shall be wide enough to cover the full tread width of the tire or tires being protected; shall be so installed so that they extend from the underside of the vehicle body in a vertical plane behind the rear wheels to within eight inches of the ground; and shall be constructed of a rigid material or a flexible material which is of a sufficiently rigid character to provide adequate protection when the vehicle is in motion.
(B) No provisions of this section shall apply to a motor vehicle in transit and in process of delivery equipped with temporary mud-flaps.
(Ord. 88-21, passed 5-25-1988)