61-9-312 . Performance ability of brakes. On a dry, hard, approximately level stretch of highway free from loose material, a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, upon application of the service brake, must be capable of stopping at a speed of 20 miles an hour within the following distances: (1) 25 feet for passenger motor vehicles, except buses and pioneer vehicles; (2) 40 feet for buses, trucks, and tractor trucks; (3) 45 feet for motor vehicles registered or qualified to be registered as pioneer vehicles under 61-3-411 (2)(a) when equipped with two-wheel brakes or 25 feet when equipped with four-wheel brakes; (4) 40 feet for all combinations of vehicles; and (5) 30 feet for motorcycles, quadricycles, and motor-driven cycles.
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