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The Florida Statutes
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The 1998 Florida Statutes
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316.262 Performance ability of motor vehicle brakes.--
(1) Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, 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 the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification;
(b) Decelerating to a stop from not more than 20 miles per hour at not less than the feet per second per second tabulated herein for its classification; and
(c) Stopping from a speed of 20 miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, 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.
| Classification
of vehicles |
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Braking force as
a percentage of
gross vehicle or
combination
weight |
Deceleration in
feet per second
per second |
Brake system
application and
braking distance
in feet from an
initial speed of 20
mph |
| A |
Passenger
vehicles with a
seating capacity
of 10 people or
less including
driver, not having
a manufacturer's
gross vehicle
weight
rating.......... |
52.8% |
17 |
25 |
| B |
Single unit
vehicles with a
manufacturer's
gross vehicle
weight rating of
10,000 pounds or
less.......... |
43.5% |
14 |
30 |
| C-1 |
Single unit
vehicles with a
manufacturer's
gross weight
rating of more
than 10,000
pounds.......... |
43.5% |
14 |
40 |
| C-2 |
Combination of a
two-axle towing
vehicle and a
trailer with a
gross trailer
weight of 3,000
pounds or
less.......... |
43.5% |
14 |
40 |
| C-3 |
Buses, regardless
of the number of
axles, not having
a manufacturer's
gross weight
rating.......... |
43.5% |
14 |
40 |
| C-4 |
All combinations
of vehicles in
driveaway-towaway
operations.......... |
43.5% |
14 |
40 |
| D |
All other vehicles
and combinations
of vehicles.......... |
43.5% |
14 |
50 |
History.--s. 1, ch. 71-135; s. 2, ch. 87-225.
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