Protect yourself and other drivers with
Slip Flap releasing mud flap hangers
Mud flaps help keep debris from flying up on the vehicle behind you. Most states have laws regarding the use of mud flaps and the penalties for vehicles that are supposed to have them but don’t.
The Slip Flap releasing mud flap hangers will help you or your truck driver avoid fines because the mud flap can be re-attached in seconds.
For example most mud flap laws state: “No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer, or semi trailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within this state, unless such vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, as far as practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water, or other materials on the windshields of following vehicles.” In order to be legal in most states, mud flaps would have to be less than 8 inches above the paved surface.
Violation of such a law could cause the truck driver or
vehicle owner:
Ticket for missing mud flap
Fine for missing mud flap range from $100 to $250
per violation
Lost wages due to time off for court
Truck out of service until missing mud flap can
be replaced.
Missing mud flaps is a vehicle safety concern. Tractor trailers exiting construction sites, leaving farms, or just driving on the highway pick up debris in the tire treads. The rotation of the tires causes the debris to fly out from under the tire. Mud flaps stop this debris from striking vehicles that are following. Missing mud flaps don’t. Missing mud flaps could cost you more than a ticket; it could cost you a law suit.
Where automobile was struck by stone thrown from rear wheels of truck not equipped with mud flaps, violation of this section constituted negligence per se and in absence of contradictory evidence or evidence to show proximate contributory negligence by driver of automobile he would be entitled to recover from owner and/or operator of truck. Barfield v. Insurance Co. of North America, 59 Tenn. App. 631, 443 S.W.2d 482, 1968 Tenn. App. LEXIS 370 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1968).
Where automobile was struck by stone thrown from rear wheels of truck not equipped with mud flaps such occurrence could constitute physical contact between vehicles within meaning of hit and run definition in uninsured motorist provision of automobile owner's insurance policy so as to permit recovery if other conditions of policy were satisfied. Barfield v. Insurance Co. of North America, 59 Tenn. App. 631, 443 S.W.2d 482, 1968 Tenn. App. LEXIS 370 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1968).
By purchasing the Slip Flap releasing mud flap hanger you could save yourself or your drivers a headache. Our releasing mud flap holder allows the driver to replace the mud flap that was pulled off in seconds. Our releasing mud flap holder doesn’t require any tools.
The Slip Flap releasing mud flap hanger was designed by truck drivers for truck drivers.
Violation of such a law could cause the truck driver or 