§ 680.109. Requirements for approval before certificate may be issued.

(a)

The following articles and equipment of each motor vehicle shall be inspected at an inspection station by an official inspector, to determine whether they are in safe operating condition:

(1)

Brakes;

(2)

Lights;

(3)

Horn;

(4)

Steering mechanism;

(5)

Windshield wipers;

(6)

Directional signals;

(7)

Tires; and

(8)

Exhaust system.

The Director shall prescribe by rule the physical conditions and descriptions of safe and unsafe articles and equipment, which shall be used by the official inspectors in making inspections under this Chapter. In the case of school buses, the articles and equipment specified by this subsection shall be modified to include the articles and equipment required by the State Board of Education to be inspected on school buses, and the rules of the State Board of Education shall control as to these articles and equipment and their physical conditions and description as safe and unsafe .

(b)

A tire shall be considered unsafe if:

(1)

A ply or cord is exposed.

(2)

A bump, bulge or knot affecting the tire structure is apparent.

(3)

A break repaired with a boot is evident.

(4)

With respect to tires with no tread wear indicators, there is a tread depth of less than 2/32 of an inch measured in any two tread grooves at three locations equally spaced around the circumference of the tire.

(5)

With respect to tires with tread wear indicators, the tread wear indicators contact the road in any two tread grooves at three locations equally spaced around the circumference of the tire.

(6)

There is a marking not for highway use or for racing purposes only on the tire.

(7)

There are present any other conditions as may be reasonably demonstrated to render the tire unsafe.

(c)

If a motor vehicle is rejected because its headlights are out of alignment and if the headlights could be adjusted without the removal or replacement of parts, if requested by the owner, the inspection station shall make the adjustment at the time of the inspection and at no expense to the owner or operator of the motor vehicle. The rejection shall be recorded on the inspection form furnished by the Department with a notation that the adjustment was made at the inspection station.

(Ord. 81-778-320, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Note— Former § 432.109.