2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 9. Motor Vehicles
ARTICLE 19. MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 3. Brakes
9-19-3-7. Deceleration and stopping distance requirements
Sec. 7. A motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, must, upon application of the service (foot) brake, be capable of decelerating and developing a braking force equivalent to the deceleration according to the minimum requirements set forth in this section and must be capable of stopping within the distances set forth in the following table:
Equivalent
braking
force
Deceleration in percentage
Stopping in feet per of vehicle
distance second per or combination
in feet second weight
Passenger
vehicles, not
including buses 25 17 53.0%
Single-unit vehicles
with a
manufacturer's
gross vehicle
weight rating of
less than 10,000
pounds 30 14 43.5%
Single-unit, 2-axle
vehicles with a
manufacturer's
gross vehicle
weight rating of
10,000 or more
pounds 40 14 43.5%
All other vehicles
and combinations
with a
manufacturer's
gross vehicle
weight rating of
10,000 or more
pounds 50 14 43.5%
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-8-6-33 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.42-2011, SEC.24.
