Mud tyres - road/greenlane legality question

I have been running a set of 215/75/15 Marix Puma MT's for a while now without any problems with MOT's or from the Police (I have been stopped a few times by them whilst out greenlaning as they do patrol around checking for illegal laners, of which I am not one of them ).

However, I got chatting to a fellow 4x4'er and he said that recently someone was stopped and warned for running MT's on greenlanes, and that they would be given 3 points for every tyre in the future. Now this sounds like to me a load of old hogwash. Either its a lie, or the Policeman concerned really does not know their job.

So out of curiosity, I have gone out and checked mine and I cannot see a speed or load rating on the side wall, although the manufactures site does specify both.

So my question is, even without a speed/load rating actually on the tyre, should this still pass the MOT and would the police have a case for stopping me and giving me a ticket?

FYI, here is a photo of one of my tyres:

If they aren't type approved then you can get three points for each tyre which is a ban, you were lucky that you got off with a warning.

Rhinoman wrote: If they aren't type approved then you can get three points for each tyre which is a ban, you were lucky that you got off with a warning.

Just to be clear it was not me who was stopped, this is a friend of a friend story. But I take your point. I might just get some new tyres to be sure as they don't have any markings on them to indicate that they are type approved. These were second hand when I got them, funnily enough from a bloody copper :whistle:

You need to look for an "E" mark, all road tyres should have an E mark - this is a 5 or 6 digit number followed by an E - the E is in a little circle.

Martin

mlines wrote: You need to look for an "E" mark, all road tyres should have an E mark - this is a 5 or 6 digit number followed by an E - the E is in a little circle.

Martin

There is no E mark although according to the UK gov website remoulds should not have them. But these have nothing, not even BS markings, so I have booked in to get them changed for some Insa Turbo Sahara's which I have been assured have all the necessary markings and approvals and are road legal.

I will put these Marixs' up for sale as they have good tread on them but for off road use only.

According to the RoSPA site all new tyres should now be type approved and carry the E mark.

On 1st January in 2004, ECE Regulations 108 and 109 came into effect, making it mandatory for retreaded tyres to be subject to a type approval test. This ensures that retread manufacturers must meet a specified basic standard in terms of the tyres’ suitability for retreading prior to the process, and their performance after it. It is now illegal to sell retreaded tyres that that do not have the “e” mark.