Restriction on use of metal-tired vehicles
Metal-tired vehicles (like old farm equipment with metal wheels) cannot be driven on paved state roads if the wheels have metal or wood parts sticking out — unless the road is protected with planks or the wheels have protective attachments. Heavy vehicles over four tons also cannot drive over the edge of a paved road without putting down planks to protect the pavement edge. Anyone who breaks this rule or damages a road is responsible for paying for the damage, and the vehicle itself can be held as collateral until the damage is paid.
304.250. Restriction on use of s — . — 1. No metal-tired vehicle shall be operated over any of the improved s of this state, except over highways constructed of gravel or claybound gravel, if such vehicle has on the of any of the road wheels any lug, flange, cleat, ridge, bolt or any projection of metal or wood which projects beyond the or traffic surface of the tire, unless the highway is protected by putting down solid planks or other suitable , or by attachments to the wheels so as to prevent such vehicles from damaging the highway, except that this prohibition shall not apply to tractors or tr engines equipped with what is known as , when such caterpillar does not contain any projection of any kind likely to injure the surface of the road. Tractors, traction engines and similar vehicles may be operated which have upon their road wheels "V" shaped, diagonal or other cleats arranged in such manner as to be continuously in contact with the road surface if the on the wheels per inch of width of such cleats or road surface, when measured in the direction of the of the vehicle, does not exceed eight hundred .
2. No tractor, tractor engine, or other metal-tired vehicle weighing more than four tons, including the weight of the vehicle and its load, shall drive onto, upon or over the edge of any improved highway without protecting such edge by putting down solid planks or other suitable material to prevent such vehicle from breaking off the edges of the pavement.
3. Violation of this section shall be an and any person violating this section, whether operating a or not, or who shall or negligently damage a highway, shall be for the amount of such damage caused to any highway, bridge, or sewer, and any vehicle causing such damage shall be subject to a for the full amount of such damage, which lien shall not be superior to any duly or filed or other lien previously attached to such vehicle; the amount of such damage may be recovered in any action in any , in the name of the state, by the , county or other or .
(RSMo 1939 § 8384, A. 1949 S.B. 1113, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7776
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