TITLE 40
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Section 8. Equipment and Inspection of Motor Vehicles, 40-8-1 through 40-8-291.
ARTICLE 1
EQUIPMENT GENERALLY
40-8-53. Performance ability of brakes.
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Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this Code section, every motor vehicle or combination of motor drawn vehicles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upon application of the service (foot) brake within the distances specified in this Code section or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate corresponding to these distances.
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The brake performance ability for commercial motor vehicles shall be as provided for in the federal motor carrier safety regulations contained in 49 C.F.R. 393.52 and adopted by the commissioner of public safety pursuant to Code Section 40-1-8. Commercial motor vehicles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material upon application of the service (foot) brake within the distances specified in those rules.
Feet to Stop
From 20 Miles
Deceleration in
Per Hour
Feet Per Second
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Vehicles or combinations of
vehicles having brakes on all
wheels
30
14
Vehicles or combinations of
vehicles not having brakes on all
wheels
40
10.7
(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 115; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 40; Code 1933, § 68E-304, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, §40-8-53, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 40; Ga. L. 2011, p. 479, § 14/HB 112.)
Code Commission notes.
- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, "motor drawn" was substituted for "motor-drawn"
(now in subsection (a)).
