Operation with unsafe wheel as misdemeanor

No person may operate on the public highways of this state a licensed motor vehicle which has a tire rim or wheel assembly which is bent, cracked, or misaligned to a degree so as to affect the safe operation of the vehicle. The bolts, nuts, or lugs of the wheel assembly shall not be bent, loose, or missing. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1979, ch 220 , § 2.