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Old 03-14-2016, 02:59 PM
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DOT designation does not mean all tires are road legal. Many vintage racing groups require DOT tires, which means they are not slicks and have some minimal tread, but are not road legal. The reason that many of these DOT tires are not road legal is that they have poor handling characteristics on wet pavement, and virtually no handling on snow. Most of these tires will have some form of disclaimer stating that they are not road legal.
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