Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 316.445 (2025)
Performance ability of motorcycle brakes.
✓ 2025 Florida Statutes — current through the 2025 Regular Session
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
FL-LEGleg.state.fl.us
JustiaFla. Statutes
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
316.445 Performance ability of motorcycle brakes.—
(1) Every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:
(a) Developing a braking force that is not less than 43.5 percent of its gross weight;
(b) Decelerating to a stop from not more than 20 miles per hour at not less than 14 feet per second per second; and
(c) Stopping from a speed of 20 miles per hour in not more than 30 feet, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.
(2) 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.
(3) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.
Note.—Former s. 316.265.
Civil Citations under F.S. 316.445
Driver's license points · R = revocation · S = suspension§316.445MOTORCYCLE - Brake equipment performance requirements
§316.445(1)(a)Motorcycle Brake force improper to gross weight
§316.445(1)(b)Motorcycle Brake stop improper ft per sec
§316.445(1)(c)Motorcycle Brake stop improper distance
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Classy Cycles, Inc. v. Bay Cnty., 201 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016).
Classy Cycles, Inc. v. Bay Cnty., 201 So. 3d 779 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016). “440 sets forth the requirements for brakes on motorcycles; section 316.445 sets forth the requirements for performance ability of motorcycle brakes; and section 316.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.