O. Reg. 617/05: Tire Standards and Specifications

 

ontario regulation 617/05

made under the

highway traffic Act

Made: November 30, 2005
Filed: December 1, 2005
Published on e-Laws: December 2, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 17, 2005

Amending Reg. 625 of R.R.O. 1990

(Tire Standards and Specifications)

1. Section 1 of Regulation 625 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following definitions:

“Northern Ontario” means the Territorial Districts of Algoma, Cochrane, Kenora, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Rainy River, Sudbury, Timiskaming and Thunder Bay;

“studded tire” means a tire that has a tread embedded with devices that project beyond the tread and have a hardness of greater than seven on the Mohs scale;

“TSMI” means the Tire Stud Manufacturing Institute.

2. Section 9 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

9. (1) No person shall operate a vehicle equipped with studded tires on a highway unless all of the following conditions are met:

1. The vehicle is operated during the period starting on October 1 and ending on April 30.

2. The permit holder of the vehicle is,

i. a resident of Northern Ontario,

ii. a corporation with a business premise in Northern Ontario, as shown by the address on the plate portion of the vehicle permit,

iii. a municipal corporation having jurisdiction and control of a highway or portion of a highway located in Northern Ontario,

iv. a road authority having jurisdiction and control of a highway or portion of a highway located in Northern Ontario,

v. a district school board in Northern Ontario,

vi. a school authority in Northern Ontario,

vii. Her Majesty the Queen in right of Ontario, or

viii. not a resident of Ontario and the vehicle is in Ontario for no longer than 30 days.

3. In the case of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating equal to or less than 3,500 kilograms, all vehicle wheels are equipped with studded tires.

4. In the case of a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 3,500 kilograms, studded tires are either on all vehicle wheels or on only the vehicle wheels on one axle, and the vehicle is,

i. an ambulance, police vehicle or fire department vehicle,

ii. a school bus,

iii. a public utility emergency vehicle, or

iv. a road service vehicle as defined in section 133 of the Act.

5. The studs meet the specifications listed in paragraph i or ii as follows:

i. The studs,

A. are evenly embedded during tread manufacture,

B. do not protrude more than 2.0 millimetres,

C. have an aggregate object exposed surface area of 3 per cent of the tread surface area or less, and

D. have an exposed surface area variability between tires of the same size of no greater than 25 per cent.

ii. The studs,

A. are securely and safely embedded after tread manufacture in pin-holes moulded in any part of the tread other than the middle one-third,

B. are inserted in a tire that after manufacturing or remoulding has never been driven on a vehicle,

C. have only one peak per stud and no hollow part, and

D. meet the stud specifications applicable to the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle on which the studded tires are mounted, as set out in the Table.

Table: Stud Specifications

 

	Gross vehicle weight rating	Maximum protrusion of stud when newly installed	Maximum protrusion of stud when in use	Maximum stud weight and maximum static force	Maximum number of studs per tire	Material of studs
1.	2,500 kilograms  or less	1.2 millimetres	2.0 millimetres	1.12 grams and 120 newtons	90 for TSMI sizes #13 or lower	Any, except steel
					110 for TSMI size #15
					130 for TSMI sizes #16 and higher
2.	more than 2,500 kilograms but not exceeding 3,500 kilograms	1.2 millimetres	2.0 millimetres	2.3 grams and 180 newtons	90 for TSMI sizes #13 or lower	Any, except steel
					110 for TSMI size #15
					130 for TSMI sizes #16 and higher
3.	3,500 kilograms or more	1.5 millimetres	2.5 millimetres	3 grams and 340 newtons	150	Any
4.	3,500 kilograms or more	1.5 millimetres	2.5 millimetres	1.12 grams and 120 newtons	250	Any

(2) Where the condition set out in subparagraph 2viii of subsection (1) is met, the vehicle is exempt from the requirements of paragraphs 3 and 5 of that subsection.

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of November 28, 2005 and the day this Regulation is filed.