What's happening
This bill allows certain vehicles in New York to use wide-based single tires instead of dual tires on each axle.
Why it matters
Expands tire options for commercial vehicles. By allowing wide-based single tires as an alternative to dual tires, the bill could provide trucking companies and fleet operators with more flexibility in selecting tires that best suit their operational needs or preferences.
Potential cost and efficiency benefits. Wide-based single tires are often lighter and can reduce rolling resistance, which may lead to improved fuel efficiency and lower operational costs for vehicle owners.
Implications for road wear and infrastructure. The use of wide-based single tires has been debated regarding their impact on road surfaces; permitting their use might necessitate further monitoring or study of effects on New York’s highways and maintenance budgets.
Environmental and safety considerations. If wide-based single tires result in fewer tires per vehicle and improved fuel economy, there could be a positive environmental impact. However, the change may also require reassessment of safety standards and enforcement practices to ensure continued road safety.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2132
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to allowing wide-based single tires on certain vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The third undesignated paragraph of paragraph (f) of subdivision 15 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 277 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
No vehicle having a model year of two thousand six or newer shall be issued a permit pursuant to this paragraph unless each axle of such vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than steerable or trackable axles, is equipped with two tires on each side of the axle, or equipped with wide-based single tires on each side of the axle, any air pressure controls for lift axles are located outside the cab of the vehicle and are beyond the reach of occupants of the cab while the vehicle is in motion, the weight on any grouping of two or more axles is distributed such that no axle in the grouping carries less than eighty percent of any other axle in the grouping and any liftable axle is steerable or trackable; and, further provided, after December thirty-first, two thousand nineteen, no permit shall be issued pursuant to this paragraph to a vehicle of any model year that does not meet the requirements of this provision, except that such permits may be issued prior to January first, two thousand twenty to a vehicle that does not meet the requirement concerning axle grouping weight distribution, but meets all other requirements of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05551-01-7
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