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Motorcycle Brake Requirements
California - 26311 Service Brakes on All Wheels
26311. (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels, except as follows:
(1) Trucks and truck tractors manufactured before January 1, 1982, having three or more axles need not have brakes on the front wheels, except when such vehicles are equipped with at least two steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need not be equipped with brakes.
(2) Any vehicle being towed in a driveaway-towaway operation.
(3) Any vehicle manufactured prior to 1930.
(4) Any two-axle truck tractor manufactured prior to 1964.
(5) Any sidecar attached to a motorcycle.
(6) Any motorcycle manufactured prior to 1966. Such motorcycle shall be equipped with brakes on at least one wheel.
(b) Any bus, truck, or truck tractor may be equipped with a manual or automatic means for reducing the braking effort on the front wheels. The manual means shall be used only when operating under adverse road conditions, such as wet, snowy, or icy roads.
(c) Vehicles and combinations of vehicles exempted in subdivisions (a) and (b) from the requirements of brakes on all wheels shall comply with the stopping distance requirements of Section 26454.
Amended Ch. 774, Stats. 1981. Effective January 1, 1982.
California - 26454 Control and Stopping Requirements
26454 (a) The service brakes of every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle or combination of vehicles under all conditions of loading on any grade on which it is operated.
(b) Every motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, at any time and under all conditions of loading, shall, upon application of the service brake, be capable of stopping from an initial speed of 20 miles per hour according to the following requirements:
|
Maximum Stopping Distance
(feet) |
| (1) Any passenger vehicle
|
25 |
| (2) Any single motor
vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
rating of less than 10,000 lbs. |
30 |
| (3) Any combination of
vehicles consisting of a passenger vehicle or any
motor vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle
weight rating of less than 10,000 lbs. in combination
with any trailer, semitrailer or trailer coach |
40 |
| (4) Any single motor
vehicle with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight
rating of 10,000 lbs. or more or any bus |
40 |
| (5) All other combinations
of vehicles |
50 |
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