Show Comment On The Utah State Road Commission is inviting public comment on a proposed rule change that will significantly broaden the special traction requirements for vehicles allowed to use certain snow-restricted canyon roads when they have been closed to vehicles with conventional SINCE Highway Department regulations have allowed the State Highway Director to designate certain canyon highways to be restricted during the winter to use only by vehicles equipped with snow tires or The tires or restrictions have largely been applied to ski resort such as Little and Big Cottonwood Logan and Parowan The restriction periods were relatively lasting only until highway maintenance crews cleared the snow from the SIGNS ARE posted notifying motorists when the restrictions are in and motorists who violate them are given citations by the Utah Highway punishable by fines ranging from to The proposed amendment to the regulations would expand the list of vehicles allowed to use snow-restricted highways to include not only vehicles equipped with snow tires or but also four-wheel drive and vehicles equipped with traction SINCE THE adoption of the tires or winter travel restrictions on canyon radial tires gained popularity to where they are now standard equipment oh nH new radial tires fl a problem to their Conventional cannot be used with because they damage th New have developed to replace JH Two such traction currently being sold include chains' The consist of steel laced together and the tire in somewhat the manner as steel-link THE of plastic traction w strapped to the tread tire with a network of The manufacture both types claim they the flexibility that radial fl and are deep |