2019 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.
