Chain restrictions penalties

Shut down at a scale house some year's ago due to bad weather.DOT officer tells me I gotta chain up to move.He got hot when I informed him I wasn't moving till the roads were clear.

 

Did I say I was driving where I had to have them on? Nope. You assumed things. States require you carry them. You only have to use them if the conditions require it. We shut down if they do, or hand off to our chain gang. So yeah. No tickets here.

 

Let's go back to your original comment, "Just Carry enough", "They don't have to be the right size" "That's what my company does"

So, by your admission, your company encourages you to break the law by not carrying the proper equipment, given the weather conditions of the last 15 days, nationwide, I've heard of drivers using chains in Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas and other states where they would never normally need them. Now, following your logic (and others) you should park until spring thaw, but, given the weather conditions of the last couple of weeks, there's a very real chance you could have been ordered by some state official, or simply by common sense (not likely, but that's a different thread) to get off the road, but, since by your admission your company does not provide you with the proper equipment, instead, you would be a traffic hazard, or contributing to hazardous conditions.

So, I'm curious, given the conditions of the last two weeks nationwide, had you been ordered to use those improper chains, what exactly would your response have been to the cop telling you to put your chains on to get of a hazardous situation and move to a safer location, pound salt, screw off, bugger off, or my boss said I don't have to?

 

Depend on the officer, or the state, if he'd been so inclined, your truck could have been towed and impounded and you enjoying the local hospitality, not saying I agree with it, but, depending on the inclination of the man.

 

Last Saturday, I-70 west, just east of Cove Fort, UT, around 2pm, chain lights were on, the snow was just about ending, the right lane was nice and clear, not even any ice, the plows must have kept up with it. 5 trucks pulled over chaining up only to soon find out they'd be clickety clacking up a clear right lane.
Who's in charge of determining when to turn on and off the chain lights? DOT or Highway Patrol?

 

That's not for us mortals to figure out, chain up, or else. Had a neighbor drove a mail straight truck, he had chains, but not on, the road was just wet. When he got to the top of Monarch Pass, CDOT was a waitin', said a "traction law"was in force, and cost him $600 bucks that the boss refused to pay. It was his last trip, he said.

 

The law says have them. Doesn't talk about the size. Also, I've already answered your other question. We shut down if chains are required. Or swap out with a chain gang driver.

It doesn't matter what size chains you carry. If you are never going to use them.

 

If you are going to hang tire chains it would make sense to carry the correct size for the tire I would think..not that you have to install em.
Like many things, knowledge is good to have, even if never applied to a situation

 

It really isnt a big deal to chain up... throw em on and get up and down the hill, take em off . Now get going yer late ... as x1heavy used to famously say....