The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
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the vacuum system, the brakes of that brakingsystem are sufficient under the most adverse<br />
conditions to bring the vehicleto rest within a reasonable distance; or<br />
(d) avehicle first used before 1st October 1937.<br />
Maintenance <strong>and</strong> efficiency of brakes<br />
18.—(1) Everypart of every braking system <strong>and</strong> of the means of operation thereof fittedto a<br />
vehicle shall be maintained in good <strong>and</strong> efficient working order <strong>and</strong> beproperly adjusted.<br />
(2) Paragraph(3) applies to every wheeled motor vehicle except—<br />
(a) anagricultural motor vehicle which is not driven at more than 20 mph;<br />
(b) aworks truck; <strong>and</strong><br />
(c) apedestrian-controlled vehicle.<br />
(3) Everyvehicle to which this paragraph applies <strong>and</strong> which is of a class specifiedin an item in<br />
column 2 of Table I shall, subject to any exemption shown forthat item in column 4, be so maintained<br />
that—<br />
(a) itsservice braking system has a total braking efficiency not less than that shownin column<br />
3(a) for that item; <strong>and</strong><br />
(b) ifthe vehicle is a heavy motor car, a motor car first used on or after 1st January1915 or<br />
a motor-cycle first used on or after 1st January 1927, its secondarybraking system has a<br />
total braking efficiency not less than that shown incolumn 3(b) for those items.<br />
Provided thata reference in Table I to a trailer is a reference to a trailer required by regulation 15<br />
or 16 to be equippedwith brakes.<br />
TABLE I<br />
(regulation 18(3))<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
Item Class of vehicle Efficiencies (%) Exemptions<br />
(a) (b)<br />
1 A vehicle to which<br />
regulation 15applies or which<br />
complies in all respects other than<br />
its braking efficiencywith the<br />
requirements of that regulation<br />
or with Community Directive<br />
79/489or with ECE Regulation<br />
13.03, 13.04 or 13.05—<br />
A motor cycle.<br />
(a) when not drawing a trailer; 50 25<br />
(b) when drawinga trailer 45 25<br />
2 A vehicle, notincluded in item 1<br />
<strong>and</strong> not being a motor cycle, which<br />
is first used on orafter 1st January<br />
1968—<br />
(a) when notdrawing a trailer; 50 25<br />
(b) when not drawing a trailer<br />
manufactured on orafter 1st<br />
January 1968; 50 25<br />
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