316.440  Brake equipment required.--Every motor-driven cycle must comply with the provisions of s. 316.261, except that:

(1)  Motorcycles and motor-driven cycles need not be equipped with parking brakes.

(2)  The wheel of a sidecar attached to a motorcycle or to a motor-driven cycle, and the front wheel of a motor-driven cycle, need not be equipped with brakes, provided that such motorcycle or motor-driven cycle is capable of complying with the performance requirements of this chapter.

A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a nonmoving violation as provided in chapter 318.

History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 1, ch. 76-31; s. 229, ch. 99-248.