Patent ID: 8246122

Claim:
A brake control apparatus comprising: a fluid level detecting portion that detects a level of fluid in a reservoir; a warning issuing portion that issues a first warning when the level of fluid detected by the fluid level detecting portion has reached a predetermined first fluid level; and a controlling portion that controls hydraulic control using a control mode, that differs from a control mode that has been performed, when it is detected by the fluid level detecting portion that the fluid level has reached a predetermined second fluid level that is lower than the first fluid level after the first warning has been issued by the warning issuing portion, wherein the fluid level detecting portion includes a fixed member that is fixed to the reservoir, a first float which moves up and down with respect to the fixed member according to the level of the fluid, and a second float which moves up and down with respect to the fixed member according to the level of the fluid, wherein the fluid level detecting portion detects that the fluid level has reached the first fluid level when the first float falls, so that the fixed member and the first float becomes a first predetermined positional relationship, and the fluid level detecting portion detects that the fluid level has reached the second fluid level when the second float falls, so that the fixed member and the second float becomes a second predetermined positional relationship.