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(3) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and
<br />shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with re-
<br />spect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
<br />(b) Whoever violates this 'section is guilty of a minor misde-
<br />meanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after
<br />the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth
<br />degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first of-
<br />fense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
<br />(ORC 4513.20; Ord. 36 -10. Passed 7- 19 -10.)
<br />shall be and hereby is repealed, and new Section 337.18, Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle
<br />Brakes, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is enacted to read as follows:
<br />33.7.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE; BRAKES,
<br />(a) The following requirements govern as to brake equipment
<br />on vehicles:
<br />(1) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operat-
<br />ed upon a street or highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate
<br />to control the movement of and to stop and hold such motor vehicle,
<br />including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which
<br />means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels.
<br />If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in
<br />any way, then on such motor vehicles manufactured or assembled
<br />after January 1, 1942, they shall be so constructed that failure of
<br />any one part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor
<br />vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
<br />(2) Every motorcycle, when operated upon a street or highway,
<br />shall be equipped with at least one adequate brake, which may be
<br />operated by hand or by foot.
<br />(3) Every motorized bicycle shall be equipped with brakes
<br />meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety un-
<br />der Ohio R.C. 4511.521.
<br />(4) When operated upon the streets or highways of this Munic-
<br />ipality, the following vehicles shall be equipped with brakes ade-
<br />quate to control the movement of and to stop and to ]told the vehicle
<br />designed to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle
<br />from its cab, and also designed and connected so that, in case of a
<br />breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically
<br />applied :
<br />A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every trailer
<br />or semitrailer, except a pole trailer, with an empty weight of two
<br />thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after
<br />January 1, 1942;
<br />From a speed of 20 miles pet
<br />Sto m
<br />pp
<br />Deceleration to
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<br />feet per second
<br />to
<br />per second
<br />Brakes on all wheels
<br />0
<br />14
<br />Brakes not on all four wheels
<br />0
<br />10.7
<br />(3) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and
<br />shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with re-
<br />spect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
<br />(b) Whoever violates this 'section is guilty of a minor misde-
<br />meanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after
<br />the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth
<br />degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first of-
<br />fense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
<br />(ORC 4513.20; Ord. 36 -10. Passed 7- 19 -10.)
<br />shall be and hereby is repealed, and new Section 337.18, Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle
<br />Brakes, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is enacted to read as follows:
<br />33.7.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE; BRAKES,
<br />(a) The following requirements govern as to brake equipment
<br />on vehicles:
<br />(1) Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operat-
<br />ed upon a street or highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate
<br />to control the movement of and to stop and hold such motor vehicle,
<br />including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which
<br />means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels.
<br />If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in
<br />any way, then on such motor vehicles manufactured or assembled
<br />after January 1, 1942, they shall be so constructed that failure of
<br />any one part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor
<br />vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
<br />(2) Every motorcycle, when operated upon a street or highway,
<br />shall be equipped with at least one adequate brake, which may be
<br />operated by hand or by foot.
<br />(3) Every motorized bicycle shall be equipped with brakes
<br />meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety un-
<br />der Ohio R.C. 4511.521.
<br />(4) When operated upon the streets or highways of this Munic-
<br />ipality, the following vehicles shall be equipped with brakes ade-
<br />quate to control the movement of and to stop and to ]told the vehicle
<br />designed to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle
<br />from its cab, and also designed and connected so that, in case of a
<br />breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically
<br />applied :
<br />A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every trailer
<br />or semitrailer, except a pole trailer, with an empty weight of two
<br />thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after
<br />January 1, 1942;
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