§ 70-854. Mudflaps.  


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  • It shall be unlawful for any person to operate in this city a truck or truck trailer, without rear fenders, which is not equipped with mudflaps for the rear wheels. If mudflaps are used they shall be wide enough to cover the full tread width of the tire or tires being protected, shall be so installed that they extend from the underside of the vehicle body in a vertical plane behind the rear wheels to within eight inches of the ground, and shall be constructed of a rigid material or a flexible material which is of a sufficiently rigid character to provide adequate protection when the vehicle is in motion. No provisions of this section shall apply to a motor vehicle in transit and in process of delivery equipped with temporary mudflaps or to farm implements or any vehicle which is not required to be registered.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 34.322; Ord. No. 41525, 10-20-72; Ord. No. 56381, 8-16-84)

State law reference

Similar provisions, RSMo 307.015.