Texas Transportation Code

§ 547.402 — OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF BRAKES

TN § 547.402Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 547. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT · Art. I. PROVISIONS RELATING TO BRAKE REQUIREMENTS ON VEHICLES

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(a)Required brakes shall operate on each wheel of a vehicle except:

(1)special mobile equipment;

(2)a vehicle that is towed as a commodity when at least one set of the towed vehicle's wheels is on the roadway, if the combination of vehicles complies with the performance requirements of this chapter; and

(3)a trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer with a gross weight heavier than 4,500 pounds but not heavier than 15,000 pounds drawn at a speed of more than 30 miles per hour, if the brakes operate on both wheels of the rear axle.

(b)A truck or truck-tractor that has at least three axles is not required to have brakes on the front wheels, but must have brakes that:

(1)operate on the wheels of one steerable axle if the vehicle is equipped with at least two steerable axles; and

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.