When any vehicle is equipped with any solid tire, the solid tire shall have a minimum thickness of resilient rubber as follows:

(a) If the width of the tire is three inches but less than six inches, one inch thick.

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Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 27450

  • solid tire: is a tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load. See California Vehicle Code 560
  • vehicle: is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Vehicle Code 670

(b) If the width of the tire is six inches but not more than nine inches, 11/4 inches thick.

(c) If the width of the tire is more than nine inches, 11/2 inches thick.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)