Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-12-405.1
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Coupling devices - Stay chains, cables or other
Official statutory text
safety devices.
A. Every trailer, semitrailer, manufactured home, or towed
motor vehicle shall be equipped with a coupling device which shall
be designed, constructed, and used so that the trailer, semitrailer,
manufactured home, or towed motor vehicle will follow substantially
in the path of the vehicle drawing it without whipping or swerving
from side to side. In addition, every such trailer, semitrailer,
manufactured home, or towed motor vehicle, except a semitrailer
drawn by a truck-tractor type designed to draw or support the front
end of a semitrailer, shall be coupled with:
1. Stay chains or cables to the vehicle by which it is being
drawn, which chains or cable shall be of sufficient size and
strength to prevent parting from the drawing vehicle, should the
regular coupling device break or become otherwise disengaged; or
2. Chains, cables or a safety device which provides strength,
security of attachment and directional stability equal to or greater
than that provided by safety chains and which prevent parting from
the drawing vehicle should the regular coupling device break or
otherwise become disengaged. The safety device shall be designed,
constructed, and installed so that if the coupling device fails or
becomes disconnected the coupling device will not drop to the
ground.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as excepting
commercial vehicles subject to the provisions of 49 C.F.R., Subpart
F, Coupling Devices and Towing Methods, from complying with the
provisions thereof.
C. No person shall tow any vehicle by sole use of a chain,
cable, ropes, or any combination thereof.
A. Every trailer, semitrailer, manufactured home, or towed
motor vehicle shall be equipped with a coupling device which shall
be designed, constructed, and used so that the trailer, semitrailer,
manufactured home, or towed motor vehicle will follow substantially
in the path of the vehicle drawing it without whipping or swerving
from side to side. In addition, every such trailer, semitrailer,
manufactured home, or towed motor vehicle, except a semitrailer
drawn by a truck-tractor type designed to draw or support the front
end of a semitrailer, shall be coupled with:
1. Stay chains or cables to the vehicle by which it is being
drawn, which chains or cable shall be of sufficient size and
strength to prevent parting from the drawing vehicle, should the
regular coupling device break or become otherwise disengaged; or
2. Chains, cables or a safety device which provides strength,
security of attachment and directional stability equal to or greater
than that provided by safety chains and which prevent parting from
the drawing vehicle should the regular coupling device break or
otherwise become disengaged. The safety device shall be designed,
constructed, and installed so that if the coupling device fails or
becomes disconnected the coupling device will not drop to the
ground.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed as excepting
commercial vehicles subject to the provisions of 49 C.F.R., Subpart
F, Coupling Devices and Towing Methods, from complying with the
provisions thereof.
C. No person shall tow any vehicle by sole use of a chain,
cable, ropes, or any combination thereof.
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