{"id":795139,"date":"2019-04-24T11:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T17:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=364903"},"modified":"2019-04-24T11:18:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T17:18:13","slug":"colorado-on-verge-of-expanded-traction-law-targeting-2wd-cars-on-i-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/colorado-on-verge-of-expanded-traction-law-targeting-2wd-cars-on-i-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado on verge of expanded traction law targeting 2WD cars on I-70"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/I70Meeting-SDN-031617-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/I70Meeting-SDN-031617-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/04\/I70Meeting-SDN-031617-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption><strong>\u201cIdeally we will see fewer closures and less damage to cars involved in accidents,\u201d said state Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, who is among the bill\u2019s prime sponsors.<\/strong><br \/><em>File Photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drivers who venture onto Interstate 70 in the mountains in two-wheel-drive cars with standard tires during colder months \u2014 even on sunny days \u2014 are expected to be put on notice soon: That won\u2019t fly anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Such vehicles will need specialized tires or will have to carry traction devices, no matter the weather, between Sept. 1 and May 31 under a bipartisan bill that is heading to Gov. Jared Polis. The legislation, once signed, will beef up&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2016\/01\/29\/colorados-traction-law-used-143-times-on-colorado-mountain-roads\/\">the state\u2019s traction law<\/a>, which currently kicks in before and during winter storms \u2014 sometimes catching travelers off guard.<\/p>\n<p>Boulder skier Jeffrey Robinson, 35, had one word for the I-70 drive during this year\u2019s drumbeat of storms: \u201chellacious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He recalled the recurring sight of vehicles with worn-out tires struggling to get moving on the slick interstate after traffic had come to a halt. Many appeared to be rental cars, and some had all-wheel-drive. \u201cThey fit the traction law that\u2019s in effect,\u201d said Robinson, a financial adviser whose Audi sedan has snow tires, \u201cbut they\u2019re on either all-season tires or just don\u2019t have good traction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive vehicles already pass muster under the current law if they have sufficient tread, but the bill would set a higher standard. It would increase the minimum tread depth from an eighth of an inch to three-sixteenths of an inch. Little would change for semi-trailers, whose drivers already are required to carry chains at all times during colder months.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/04\/24\/i-70-colorado-winter-driving-traction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">The Denver Post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/colorado-on-verge-of-expanded-traction-law-targeting-2wd-cars-on-i-70\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIdeally we will see fewer closures and less damage to cars involved in accidents,\u201d said state Sen. Kerry Donovan, D-Vail, who is among the bill\u2019s prime sponsors.File Photo Drivers who venture onto Interstate 70 in the mountains in two-wheel-drive cars with standard tires during colder months \u2014 even on sunny days \u2014 are expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-795139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 21:58:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}