TravelTiger
Founding Texas-West Chapter Leaders-Retired
I can't believe it, we got pulled over today. Speeding? no, No seat belt? no, tail light out? no, inspection out? no,..... apparently in Texas, IT IS LAW to have mud flaps on dual-rear-wheel vehicles!! Who new? Luckily, just a warning. we've only had the truck 5 months. Bought it used, it was originally from Arkansas.
This is what the TX Commercial Driver's License Handbook says.....
All trucks or trailers with four or more tires on the rear axle must be equipped with safety guards or mud flaps behind the rear wheels. These flaps must reach to within 8 inches of the surface of the highway and are for the purpose of preventing the slinging of mud and slush.
This is what the TX Transportation Code Says.....
§ 547.606. SAFETY GUARDS OR FLAPS REQUIRED. (a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with a towing vehicle that has at least four tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or
the rearmost vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or flaps that1) are of a type prescribed by the department; and (2) are located and suspended behind the rearmost wheels of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination within eight inches of the surface of the highway.(b) This section does not apply to a truck-tractor operated alone or a pole trailer.
Here is what the TX Transportation Code defines as a truck....
§ 541.201. VEHICLES. In this subtitle: (7) "Light truck" means a truck, including a pickup truck, panel delivery truck, or carryall truck, that has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of 2,000 pounds or less. or (21) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily to transport property.
This is what the TX Commercial Driver's License Handbook says.....
All trucks or trailers with four or more tires on the rear axle must be equipped with safety guards or mud flaps behind the rear wheels. These flaps must reach to within 8 inches of the surface of the highway and are for the purpose of preventing the slinging of mud and slush.
This is what the TX Transportation Code Says.....
§ 547.606. SAFETY GUARDS OR FLAPS REQUIRED. (a) A road tractor, truck, trailer, truck-tractor in combination with a semitrailer, or semitrailer in combination with a towing vehicle that has at least four tires on the rearmost axle of the vehicle or
the rearmost vehicle in the combination shall be equipped with safety guards or flaps that1) are of a type prescribed by the department; and (2) are located and suspended behind the rearmost wheels of the vehicle or the rearmost vehicle in the combination within eight inches of the surface of the highway.(b) This section does not apply to a truck-tractor operated alone or a pole trailer.
Here is what the TX Transportation Code defines as a truck....
§ 541.201. VEHICLES. In this subtitle: (7) "Light truck" means a truck, including a pickup truck, panel delivery truck, or carryall truck, that has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of 2,000 pounds or less. or (21) "Truck" means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily to transport property.