Tyres – manufacturer’s rating
52 Tyres – manufacturer’s rating
This rule applies to a motor vehicle if the vehicle:
has 4 or more wheels; and
was built after 1972; and
has a GVM not over 4.5 tonnes.
However, this rule does not apply to a tyre if the tyre:
(a) is recommended by the vehicle builder as suitable for limited use on the vehicle in special circumstances at a speed less than the speed applying to the vehicle under subrule (3); or
(b) is being used in an emergency as a temporary replacement for a tyre complying with this rule.
(3) A tyre fitted to a motor vehicle must, when first manufactured, have been rated by the tyre manufacturer as suitable for road use at the lesser of:
a speed of at least:
(i) for a car with special features for off-road use – 140 kilometres an hour; or
for another car – 180 kilometres an hour; or
for another motor vehicle – 120 kilometres an hour; and
the vehicle’s top speed.
Example for paragraph (a)(i)
A four-wheel drive vehicle.
(4) This rule applies to a vehicle instead of the tyre speed category requirements in the relevant ADR.
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