California Vehicle Code

§ 26311

VEH § 26311 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 12 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels in contact with the roadway, except as follows:

(1)Trucks and truck tractors manufactured before July 25, 1980, having three or more axles need not have brakes on the front wheels, except when such vehicles are equipped with at least two steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need not be equipped with brakes.

(2)The final towed vehicle in a triple saddle-mount driveaway-towaway operation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 451, Sec. 53. (SB 491) Effective January 1, 2016.