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Code of Ordinances |
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Title V. TRAFFIC CODE |
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Chapter 503. VEHICULAR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT |
§ 503-34. Brakes.
(a)
Brake equipment required:
(1)
Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated upon a highway shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such motor vehicle, under the conditions described in paragraph (b) of this section, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, then on such motor vehicles manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1942, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
(2)
Every motorcycle, and bicycle with motor attached, when operated upon a highway, shall be equipped with at least one adequate brake, which may be operated by hand or foot.
(3)
Every trailer or semi-trailer, except a pole trailer, of a gross weight of 2,000 pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1942, when operated upon the highway of this state, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle and so designed as to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab, and the brakes shall be so designed and connected that in case of a breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically applied.
(4)
In any combination of motor-drawn trailers or semitrailers equipped with brakes, means shall be provided for applying the rearmost brakes, in approximate synchronism with the brakes of the towing vehicle and developing the required braking effort on the rearmost wheels at the fastest rate; or means shall be provided for applying breaking effort first on the rearmost brakes; or both of the above means capable of being used alternatively may be employed.
(5)
One of the means of brake operation shall consist of a positive connection from the operating lever to the brake shoes or bands and this brake shall be capable of holding the vehicle or combination of vehicles stationary under any condition of loading on any up or down grade upon which it is operated.
(6)
The brake shoes operating within or upon the drums on the wheels of any motor vehicle may be used for both service and parking operation.
(b)
Performance ability of brakes. Every motor vehicle or combination of motor-drawn vehicles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading, of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upon application of the service (foot) brake, within the distances specified below, or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate corresponding to these distances:
Feet to
stop from
20 miles
per hour
Vehicles or combinations of vehicles having brakes on all wheels 30 Vehicles or combinations of vehicles not having brakes on all wheels 40 (c)
Maintenance. All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable and in no case shall they vary more than 25 percent with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
(C.O. 503-34; a. Ord. No. 403-1963, eff. Nov. 20, 1963; a. Ord. No. 47-1971; eff. Feb. 10, 1971; reordained as C.M.C. 503-34, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)