Mud Flap laws- school me

[StrobeNGH]

What are your reasons?

Honestly, with regard to "altered vehicles", this was a negotiating point with the UHP when we wrote the law. Give and take. We had a really crappy law, now we have a good one. Mudflaps and fenders covering the tires was a BIG deal to the UHP. In exchange, they took a neutral position on the bill. Simple as that.

As far as big rigs, can't help you.

It's for a case I'm working on.

Is there really that much concern for protecting other cars from rock chips, or does RAS for stops come into play?

And thank you for your reply!

 

[Maverick]

What you guys did was a HUGE improvement to the law, and I agree that all of it is there to protect people from jerry rigged vehicles which is a very good thing.

My only beef is that I see more jeeps & toyota trucks pulled over for mudflaps & flares than I see the gigantic useless fullsize trucks with tires sticking out over a foot do. That's pretty ridiculous and unfair imo. I could be wrong, but it is an observation that I have and I'm willing to bet that I'm not the only one.

It's a fair beef, and I don't disagree.

I thought it was pretty silly too, that technically a little sammy with a 2" lift needed mudflaps and a stock F*rd, Chebby or Dudge, with larger tires and more tire exposed, didn't.

I don't see a lot of jeeps and toyotas pulled over for mudflaps...but I don't get out of the 'burbs much, and when I do, it's usually smokin' 85 across Nevada headed to some jobsite where the wheels on the trucks are twice as tall as me.