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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="22-302" title_number="22" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Equipment of Vehicles" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Brakes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, on application of the service brake, shall be capable of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated in subsection (c) of this section for its classification;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Decelerating to a stop from not more than 20 miles per hour at not less than the feet per second tabulated in subsection (c) of this section for its classification; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Stopping from a speed of 20 miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated in subsection (c) of this section for its classification, this distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Tests for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus 1 percent grade), dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The following table sets forth the tabulations referred to in subsection (a) of this section:</text>
    <text>1              2             3               4</text>
    <text>Brake system</text>
    <text>application and</text>
    <text>Braking force              distance in</text>
    <text>as a percentage               feet from</text>
    <text>of gross vehicle       Deceleration     an initial</text>
    <text>Classification of               or combination          in feet per      speed of 20</text>
    <text>vehicle           weight          second       m.p.h</text>
    <text>A     Passenger vehicles with</text>
    <text>a seating capacity of 10</text>
    <text>people or less including</text>
    <text>driver, not having a</text>
    <text>manufacturer’s gross</text>
    <text>vehicle weight rating……       52.8%        17           25</text>
    <text>B–1 All motorcycles……………       43.5%        14           30</text>
    <text>B–2 Single unit vehicles</text>
    <text>With a manufacturer’s</text>
    <text>gross vehicle weight</text>
    <text>rating of 10,000 pounds</text>
    <text>or less……………………      31%        10           20</text>
    <text>C–1 Single unit vehicles</text>
    <text>With a manufacturer’s</text>
    <text>gross weight rating of</text>
    <text>more than 10,000</text>
    <text>pounds…………………      43.5%       14           40</text>
    <text>C–2 Combination of a two–</text>
    <text>axle towing vehicle and</text>
    <text>a trailer with a gross</text>
    <text>weight of 3,000 pounds</text>
    <text>or less……………………      43.5%       14           40</text>
    <text>C–3 Buses, regardless of the</text>
    <text>number of axles, not</text>
    <text>having a</text>
    <text>manufacturer’s weight</text>
    <text>rating……………………      43.5%       14           40</text>
    <text>C–4 All combination of</text>
    <text>vehicles in driveaway–</text>
    <text>towaway combinations…      43.5%       14           40</text>
    <text>D     All other vehicles and</text>
    <text>combinations of vehicles</text>
    <text>……………………………      43.5%       14           50</text>
  </level>
</section>
