eLaws | eCases | Georgia Rules | Georgia Courts | Counties & Cities of Georgia | United States Code |
 GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013)
 Title 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
 Chapter 8. EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 Article 1. EQUIPMENT GENERALLY
 Part 3. BRAKES

  Section 40-8-53. Performance ability of brakes  

Latest version.
  •    (a) 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.
     
                                          Feet to Stop                            
                                          From 20 Miles         Deceleration in   
                                            Per Hour            Feet Per Second   
                                          -------------         ---------------   
                                                                                  
    Vehicles or combinations of                30                     14          
    vehicles having brakes on all                                                 
    wheels                                                                        
    Vehicles or combinations of                40                     10.7        
    vehicles not having brakes on all                                             
    wheels                                                                        

    (b) 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.
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.