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- Sec. 30123. Tires
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- LABELING REQUIREMENT The
Secretary of Transportation shall require that a
pneumatic tire subject to a motor vehicle safety
standard prescribed under this chapter be labeled
permanently and conspicuously with safety
information the Secretary decides is necessary to
carry out section 30101 of this title.
- CONTENTS OF LABEL Labeling
required on a tire under subsection (a) of this
section shall include
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- identification
of the manufacturer;
- for a
retreaded tire, identification of
the retreader; or
- for a tire
containing a brand name (other
than the name of the manufacturer),
a code mark allowing a seller to
identify the manufacturer to the
purchaser;
- the composition of
material used in the ply of the tire;
- the number of plies in
the tire;
- the maximum allowable
load for the tire; and
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- a statement
that the tire complies with
minimum safe performance
standards prescribed under this
chapter; or
- a mark or
symbol the Secretary prescribes
for use by a manufacturer or
retreader complying with those
standards.
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The
Secretary may require that additional safety
information be disclosed to a purchaser when a
tire is sold.
- REGROOVED TIRE LIMITATIONS
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- In this subsection,
"regrooved tire" means a tire
with a new tread produced by cutting into
the tread of a worn tire.
- The Secretary may
authorize the sale, offer for sale,
introduction for sale, or delivery for
introduction in interstate commerce, of a
regrooved tire or a motor vehicle
equipped with regrooved tires if the
Secretary decides the tires are designed
and made in a way consistent with section
30101 of this title. A person may not
sell, offer for sale, introduce for sale,
or deliver for introduction in interstate
commerce, a regrooved tire or a vehicle
equipped with regrooved tires unless
authorized by the Secretary.
- UNIFORM QUALITY GRADING
SYSTEM, NOMENCLATURE, AND MARKETING PRACTICES
The Secretary shall prescribe through standards a
uniform quality grading system for motor vehicle
tires to help consumers make an informed choice
when purchasing tires. The Secretary also shall
cooperate with industry and the Federal Trade
Commission to the greatest extent practicable to
eliminate deceptive and confusing tire
nomenclature and marketing practices. A tire
standard or regulation prescribed under this
chapter supersedes an order or administrative
interpretation of the Commission.
- MAXIMUM LOAD STANDARDS The
Secretary shall require a motor vehicle to be
equipped with tires that meet maximum load
standards when the vehicle is loaded with a
reasonable amount of luggage and the total number
of passengers the vehicle is designed to carry.
The vehicle shall be equipped with those tires by
the manufacturer or by the first purchaser when
the vehicle is first bought in good faith other
than for resale.
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