Leave tire chains home?

That's funny,

 

The only place you're required to carry chains in Co is on I-70 between mile markers 259 and 133. You're required to carry them from 9/1 to 5/31. There could be chain laws up in other areas, but you're not required to carry them, If chain laws are up in other areas and you don't have them, you are not allowed yo travel until chain law is off.

 

Oregon year round. Yeah it actually use to snow in July on the passes.

 

Those are the chains you use on your partner.lol

 

WRONG!
They ONLY require chains on I-70. I have argued with cops about this, state LAW requires chains on I-70 in winter. State RULE requires them at other times on some other roads. If they put a chain requirement up on any road then you have to chain up (obviously if you don't have chains, you are essentially shut down till they remove the chain-up requirement. But that was your choice because you didn't have chains). I never carry chains in Colorado because I don't drive on I-70. I have gone round and round with a few cops and I always win. http://www.cotrip.org/truckers.htm

 

you can go round and round with anyone you want, most likely they got tired of arguing with you, see also pigs and mud, I've seen CSP write fix-it tickets to truckers without chains on the back roads of Colorado, and if you don't have chains and the chain law is up on the roads, they will cite you for not having them, $500.00 fine. There is a chain up area on I-70 directly West of Limon, few months back they put the chain law on there because it was so icy, CSP wrote more than 2 dozen tickets for drivers not having chains and spinning out.

The sign and website are only specific to that portion of I-70 from the 259 to 133, the rest of the state it is an advisory, and it is the officers discretion to cite or not, in some counties, they can and will write you a $50 "fix-it" ticket. NOW, since you are not allowed to sit for more than 30 minutes at any chain up area, statewide (unless broken down/inoperable), they can cite you $500.00 for not having chains at any chain up location in the state.

BTW, if you believe everything CSP/CDOT has on that website, I've got some awesome mtn. view property I want to sell you.

 

I stopped driving in that cold wet stuff when I went to tankers. But when I did drive in it I had a complete set of chains. Why is it so hard to keep a set of chains with you. Do they bite???

 

There is no such thing as "Officers discretion" when it comes to writing tickets for violating laws that don't exist. Every officer in the country has "discretion" when it comes to writing or not writing any ticket if you actually violated a law. How can they cite you if its not law? You may be talking about them citing for driving in snow then getting stuck on the road. If you are on I-25 in Pueblo you do not have to have chains on the truck UNLESS they put a chain up law into effect. At that point you have the option of getting off the road before you get stuck and before getting to the mile marker where chains are required, in that case you have not violated any law. This thread was about whether or not you have to carry chains all winter on every road... You do NOT.

 

It would seem so.
A full set is less than 300 pounds, which is less than most drivers' own bodies.

I always carry a full set.
They are in my side boxes, in the original bags which have never been opened.

 

and thus, we go back to my comment about pigs and mud