Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:

1. (a) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification,
2. (b) Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour at not less than the feet per second tabulated herein for its classification, and

3. (c) Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or controls begins.

   1. (A) Passenger vehicles with a 52.8% 17 25

      seating capacity of ten

      people or less including

      driver, not having a

      manufacturer's gross

      vehicle weight rating

      (B-1) All motorcycles and 43.5% 14 30

      motor-driven cycles

      (B-2) Single unit vehicles with 43.5% 14 30

      a manufacturer's gross

      vehicle weight rating of

      10,000 pounds or less

      (C-1) Single unit vehicles with 43.5% 14 40

      a manufacturer's gross

      weight rating of more

      than 10,000 pounds

      (C-2) Combination of a two-axle 43.5% 14 40

      towing vehicle and a

      trailer with a gross

      trailer weight of 3,000

      pounds or less

      (C-3) Buses, regardless of the 43.5% 14 40

      number of axles, not

      having a manufacturer's

      gross weight rating

      (C-4) All combinations of 43.5% 14 40

      vehicles in

      driveaway-towaway

      operations

   2. (D) All other vehicles and 43.5% 14 50

      combinations of vehicles

   Tests for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus one per cent grade), dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material.

   Classification of Vehicles Braking force Deceleration Brake System

   at a in feet per application

   percentage second and braking

   of gross distance in

   vehicle or feet from

   combination an initial

   weight speed of 20

   m.p.h.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-562; 1952 Code Section 46-562; 1949 (46) 466; 1964 (53) 2127.