No person may operate or move upon or over any highway or bridge a vehicle, machine, or contrivance which has any flange, ribs, clamps, or other object attached to or made a part of, its wheels which will injure, cut into, or destroy the surface of the highway or bridge to any appreciable extent. This provision does not restrict the right of any person to use tires which are equipped with "studs" or "cleats," so-called, of a type designed for general use to facilitate travel in winter. (Added 1971, No. 258 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 1, 1973.)