Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407:clause:1_128:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00407
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 128 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 147265–149781

128  Performance of braking systems
 (1) One sustained application of the brake of a motor vehicle built after 1930, or a combination that includes a motor vehicle built after 1930, must be able to produce the performance mentioned in subrules (2) to (7):
 (a) when the vehicle or combination is on a dry, smooth, level road surface, free from loose material; and
 (b) whether or not the vehicle or combination is loaded; and
 (c) without part of the vehicle or combination moving outside a straight path:
 (i) centred on the longitudinal axis of the vehicle or combination before the brake was applied; and
 (ii) 3.7 metres wide.
 (2) The braking system of a motor vehicle or combination with a gross mass under 2.5 tonnes must bring the vehicle or combination from a speed of 35 kilometres an hour to a stop within:
 (a) 12.5 metres when the service brake is applied; and
 (b) 30 metres when the emergency brake is applied.
 (3) The braking system of a motor vehicle or combination with a gross mass of at least 2.5 tonnes must bring the vehicle or combination from a speed of 35 kilometres an hour to a stop within:
 (a) 16.5 metres when the service brake is applied; and
 (b) 40.5 metres when the emergency brake is applied.
 (4) The braking system of a motor vehicle or combination with a gross mass under 2.5 tonnes must decelerate the vehicle or combination, from any speed at which the vehicle or combination can travel, by an average of at least:
 (a) 3.8 metres a second a second when the service brake is applied; and
 (b) 1.6 metres a second a second when the emergency brake is applied.
 (5) The braking system of a motor vehicle or combination with a gross mass of at least 2.5 tonnes must decelerate the vehicle or combination, from any speed at which the vehicle or combination can travel, by an average of at least:
 (a) 2.8 metres a second a second when the service brake is applied; and
 (b) 1.1 metres a second a second when the emergency brake is applied.
 (6) The braking system of a motor vehicle or combination with a gross mass under 2.5 tonnes must achieve a peak deceleration of the vehicle or combination, from any speed at which the vehicle or combination can travel, of at least:
 (a) 5.8 metres a second a second when the service brake is applied; and
 (b) 1.9 metres a second a second when the emergency brake is applied.
 (7) The braking system of a motor vehicle or combination with a gross mass of at least 2.5 tonnes must achieve a peak deceleration of the vehicle or combination,