CHAPTER 3. Brakes [26301. - 26522.]
Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 26301–26522 · 28 sections
ARTICLE 1. Brake Requirements §§ 26301–26311 · 8 sections
- § 26301 Any motor vehicle first registered in this state after January 1, 1940, shall be equipped with power brakes if its gross weight exceeds 14,000 pounds, except…
- § 26301.5 Every passenger vehicle manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1973, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with an emergency brake system so…
- § 26302 (a) Every trailer or semitrailer, manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1940, and having a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or more and which is…
- § 26303 Every trailer coach and every camp trailer having a gross weight of 1,500 pounds or more, but exclusive of passengers, shall be equipped with brakes on at…
- § 26304 (a) Power brakes on any trailer or semitrailer manufactured after December 31, 1955, operated over public highways and required to be equipped with brakes…
- § 26305 Any auxiliary dolly or tow dolly may be equipped with brakes.
- § 26307 No forklift truck manufactured after January 1, 1970, shall be towed behind another vehicle unless it is equipped with brakes on the wheels of the rearmost…
- § 26311 (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels in contact with the roadway, except as follows: (1) Trucks and truck tractors…
ARTICLE 2. Operation of Brakes §§ 26450–26458.5 · 10 sections
- § 26450 Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a service brake system and every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with a parking brake…
- § 26451 The parking brake system of every motor vehicle shall comply with the following requirements: (a) The parking brake shall be adequate to hold the vehicle or…
- § 26452 All motor vehicles shall be so equipped as to permit application of the brakes at least once for the purpose of bringing the vehicle to a stop within the legal…
- § 26453 All brakes and component parts thereof shall be maintained in good condition and in good working order. The brakes shall be so adjusted as to operate as…
- § 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 the vehicle or…
- § 26455 In respect to any motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property which is not equipped with a plate or marker showing…
- § 26456 Stopping distance requirement tests shall be conducted on a substantially level, dry, smooth, hard-surfaced road that is free from loose material and where the…
- § 26457 Special mobile equipment, logging vehicles, equipment operated under special permit, and any chassis without body or load are not subject to stopping distance…
- § 26458 (a) The braking system on every motor vehicle used to tow another vehicle shall be so arranged that one control on the towing vehicle shall, when applied,…
- § 26458.5 Pursuant to Section 26458, whenever a motor vehicle is equipped with an additional control to operate the brakes on a trailer, that control shall not be used…
ARTICLE 3. Airbrakes §§ 26502–26508 · 7 sections
- § 26502 (a) Airbrakes of every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles shall be so adjusted and maintained as to be capable of providing full service brake…
- § 26503 Every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be equipped with a standard type safety valve which shall…
- § 26504 The air governor cut-in and cut-out pressures of every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be…
- § 26505 A motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes or equipped to operate airbrakes on towed vehicles shall be equipped with a pressure gauge of reliable and satisfactory…
- § 26506 (a) Every motor vehicle airbrake system used to operate the brakes on a motor vehicle or on a towed vehicle shall be equipped with a low air pressure warning…
- § 26507 A check valve shall be installed and properly maintained in the air supply piping of every motor vehicle equipped with airbrakes, either between the air…
- § 26508 Every vehicle or combination of vehicles using compressed air at the wheels for applying the service brakes shall be equipped with an emergency stopping system…
ARTICLE 4. Vacuum Brakes §§ 26520–26522 · 3 sections
- § 26520 Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and which are equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes shall be equipped with a properly…
- § 26521 Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes and motor vehicles used to tow vehicles equipped…
- § 26522 Vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes shall have a check valve installed and properly…