Mixing of tyresE+W+S
26.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (5) pneumatic tyres of different types of structure shall not be fitted to the same axle of a wheeled vehicle.
(2) Save as provided in paragraphs (3) or (5), a wheeled motor vehicle having only two axles each of which is equipped with one or two single wheels shall not be fitted with—
(a)a diagonal-ply tyre or a bias-belted tyre on its rear axle if a radial-ply tyre is fitted on its front axle; or
(b)a diagonal-ply tyre on its rear axle if a bias-belted tyre is fitted on the front axle.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to a vehicle to an axle of which there are fitted wide tyres not specially constructed for use on engineering plant or to a vehicle which has a maximum speed not exceeding 30 mph.
(4) Save as provided in paragraph (5) pneumatic tyres fitted to—
(a)the steerable axles of a wheeled vehicle; [F1or]
(b)the driven axles of a wheeled vehicle, not being steerable axles,
shall all be of the same type of structure.
(5) Paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) do not prohibit the fitting of a temporary use spare tyre to a wheel of a passenger vehicle (not being a bus) unless it is driven at a speed exceeding 50 mph.
(6) In this regulation—
“axle”
two or more stub axles which are fitted on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle so as to form—
a pair in the case of two stub axles; and
pairs in the case of more than two stub axles; and
a single stub axle which is not one of a pair;
“a bias-belted tyre” means
“a diagonal-ply tyre” means
“a driven axle” means
“a radial-ply tyre” means
“stub axle” means
“type of structure”, in relation to a tyre, means
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 26(4) substituted (2.11.1990) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1981), regs. 1, 8
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