ARTICLE 2. Operation of Brakes [26450. - 26458.5.]

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 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…