---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 935.140"
title: "32"
number: "935.140"
heading: "Motor vehicle maintenance and equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/935.140"
---

# §935.140. Motor vehicle maintenance and equipment.

- (a) Each person who has custody of a motor vehicle on Wake Island shall present that vehicle for periodic safety inspection, as required by the Commander.
- (b) No person may operate a motor vehicle on Wake Island unless it is in a condition that the Commander considers to be safe and operable.
- (c) No person may operate a motor vehicle on Wake Island unless it is equipped with an adequate and properly functioning—
  - (1) Horn;
  - (2) Wiper, for any windshield;
  - (3) Rear vision mirror;
  - (4) Headlights and taillights;
  - (5) Brakes;
  - (6) Muffler;
  - (7) Spark or ignition noise suppressors; and
  - (8) **Safety belts.**
- (d) No person may operate a motor vehicle on Wake Island if that vehicle is equipped with a straight exhaust or muffler cutoff.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 48, Pub. L. 86-624, 74 Stat. 424; E.O. 11048, Sept. 1, 1962, 27 FR 8851, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 632; agreement between the Department of Interior and Department of the Air Force, dated 19 June 1972, 37 FR 12255; and Secretary of the Air Force Order 111.1, dated 26 April 1999.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 16999, Apr. 9, 2002, unless otherwise noted.