37-17 Amend Traffic Code to Align with ORC

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B. Every manufactured home or travel trailer with an empty weight of two thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assem- bled on or after January 1, 2001. (5) Evely watercraft trailer with a gross weight or manufactur- er's gross vehicle weight rating of three thousand pounds or more -that is manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 2008, shall have separate brakes equipped with hydraulic surge or electrically operated brakes on two wbeels. (6) In any combination of motor -drawn trailers or semitrailers equipped with brakes, means shall be provided for applying the rearmost brakes in approximate synchronism with the brakes on the towing vehicle, and developing the required braking effort on the rearmost wheels at the fastest rate; or means shall be provided for applying braking effort first on the rearmost brakes; or both of the above means, capable of being used alternatively, may be em- ployed. (7) Evely vehicle and combination of vehicles , except motor- cycles and motorized bicycles, and except trailers and semitrailers of a gross weight of less than 2,000 pounds, and pole trailers, shall be equipped with parking brakes adequate to bold 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. The parking brakes shall be capable of being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements by the driver's muscular effort or by spling action or by equivalent means. Their operation may be assisted by the service brakes or other sources of power provided that failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting mecha- nism will not prevent the parking brakes from being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements. The parking brakes shall be so designed that when once applied they shall remain ap- plied with the required effectiveness despite exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage of any kind. (4) The same brake drums, brake shoes and lining assemblies, brake shoe anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mecha- nism normally associated with the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service brakes and the parking brakes. If the means of applying the parking brakes and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without operative brakes. (5) Every motor vehicle or combination of motor -drawn vehi- cles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose mate- rial; upon application of the service or foot brake, within the follow- ing specified distances, or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate cOITespondmg to these distances: From a speed of 20 miles per Deceleration in Stopping PP g feet per second dis per second to Brakes on all wheels 30 14