§ 29-A §1902 — Brakes

Maine § 29-A §1902

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
• Ch. 17: EQUIPMENT

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1.
General rule.
A motor vehicle must have adequate brakes in good working order that are sufficient to control the vehicle.
2.
Specific standards.
Brakes must be adjusted so as to stop:
3.
Parking brakes.
A vehicle, except a 2-wheel motorcycle, must be equipped with parking brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice or loose material. Parking brakes:
4.
Trucks; specific requirements.
Special mobile equipment or a truck, truck tractor, tiny home, trailer or semitrailer must be equipped with adequate brakes acting on all wheels of all axles, except that the following need not meet this requirement:
5.
Multiple axles.
If equipped with 3 or more axles, a truck, tractor or truck tractor manufactured prior to August 1, 1980 need not have brakes on the front wheels; if the vehicle is equipped with 2 or more steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need not have brakes.
6.
Rules.
The Chief of the State Police may adopt rules governing the sufficiency and adjustment of brakes.

Legislative History

PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 1999, c. 183, §5 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 577, §§22,23 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 650, §12 (AMD).