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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 110


Tire Selection and Rims

110. (1) Subject to subsection (1.1), the tires installed on every passenger car shall meet the requirements of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995.

(1.1) This section applies to every passenger car tire that is installed on a three-wheeled vehicle or motor tricycle.

(2) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with rims that, under section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995, are specified as being rims that may be used with the tires of that vehicle.

(3) The maximum load for a tire of a motor vehicle shall not be greater than the maximum load rating marked on the sidewall of the tire.

(4) The normal load for a tire of a vehicle, as determined using the table to this section, shall not be greater than the test load to which the tire is submitted when it is tested for high speed performance in accordance with section 8 of Schedule IV to the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995.

(5) A placard shall be permanently affixed to the glove compartment door or to an equally accessible place in every motor vehicle and shall state

(a) the vehicle capacity mass expressed in kilograms, pounds or both;

(b) the designated seating capacity, expressed so as to show the total number of seating positions and their location in the vehicle;

(c) the cold tire inflation pressure, expressed in kilopascals or pounds per square inch, recommended by the manufacturer of the vehicle for

(i) maximum loaded vehicle mass, and

(ii) subject to subsection (6), any other vehicle load that is lower than the maximum load; and

(d) the tire size designation recommended by the manufacturer of the vehicle.

(6) No inflation pressure other than the maximum permissible inflation pressure prescribed by the tire manufacturer for the tires of the motor vehicle shall be stated on the placard referred to in subsection (5) unless

(a) the inflation pressure so stated is less than the maximum permissible inflation pressure;

(b) the vehicle load for the inflation pressure so stated is specified on the placard; and

(c) the tire load rating provided for the purposes of subsection 7(1) of the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995, or listed in a publication referred to in paragraph 7(2)(a) of those Regulations, for a tire of the same size designation and type as the tires of the vehicle, for the inflation pressure so stated, is greater than the vehicle load referred to in paragraph (b).

(7) Where there is a rapid loss of inflation pressure in a tire on a motor vehicle that is travelling in a straight line at a speed of 100 km/h (60 m.p.h.), the rim of the deflating tire shall retain the tire until the vehicle can be stopped with a controlled braking application.

TABLE

Occupant Distribution for Vehicle Normal Load for Various
Designated Seating Capacities

Column I

Designated
Seating Capacity
Column II


Number of Occupants
Column III


Occupant Distribution
1 1 1 in front seat
2 to 4 2 2 in front seat
5 to 10 3 2 in front seat
1 in second seat

 

     

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA 1978.

amended by

SOR/79-339 9 April, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Revoked and replaced.

SOR/79-940 6 December, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Renumbered from 111 to 110.

SOR/87-448 30 July, 1987 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act Revoked and replaced.

SOR/2003-272 24 July, 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 24 July, 2003.

Subsections 110(1) and (2) of Schedule IV are replaced; Subsection 110(4) of Schedule IV is replaced; Paragraph 110(6)(c) of Schedule IV is replaced; The table to section 110 of Schedule IV is replaced.


Last updated: 2005-03-02 Top of Page Important Notices