Brakes

(a)Every motor vehicle operating upon the public highways shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movements of and to stop and hold such vehicle, including two

(2)separate means of applying braking effort, each of which means shall be effective to apply braking effort to at least two

(2)of the wheels of such vehicle. If these two

(2)separate means are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of either part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two

(2)wheels of such vehicle.

(b)Every motorcycle operating upon the public highways shall be equipped with at least one

(1)brake, which may be operated by either hand or foot.

(c)The service brakes upon any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, except as herein provided, shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles, when traveling at a speed of twenty

(20)miles per hour, within a distance of thirty

(30)feet or at a rate corresponding to such performance, on a dry, hard, approximately level stretch of highway, free from loose material, where the grade does not exceed one

(1)per centum.

(d)Under the conditions set forth in Subsection

(c)above, the emergency brake shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles within a distance of fifty-five

(55)feet, and such emergency brake shall be adequate to hold such vehicle or vehicles stationary upon any grade upon which the vehicle is operated.

(e)Under the conditions described in Subsection

(c)above, the service brakes upon a motor vehicle equipped with two-wheel brakes only, and when permitted hereunder, shall be adequate to stop the vehicle within a distance of forty

(40)feet, and the emergency brake shall be adequate to stop the vehicle within a distance of fifty-five

(55)feet.

(f)All braking distances specified in this Section shall apply to all vehicles mentioned, whether such vehicles are loaded or unloaded.

(g)All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted that the braking effort is applied as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on the opposite sides of the vehicle.