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37 Safety and Equipment 337.1.9 brakes adequate to bontrol the movement of and to atop and to hold such vehicle and so designed as to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab, and such brakes shall be so designed and connected that, in case of a breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically applied. (4) In any combination of motor-drawn trailers or semitrailers equipped with brakes, means shall be provided for applying the rearmost brakes in approxfmate synchronism with the brakes on the towing vehicle and developing the required braking effort an the rearmost wheels a.t the fastest rate; or means aha~l be pro- vided for applying braking effort first on the rearmost brakes; or both of the above means, capable of being used alternately may be employed. (5) One of the means of brake operation shall consist of a positive connection from the operating lever to the brake shoes or bands, and this brake shall be capable of holding the vehicle or combination of vehicles stationary under any condition of loading on any up or down grade upon which, it is operated, (6) The brake shoes operating within or upon th+a drums an the wheels of any motor vehicle may be used for both service and parking purposes. (b) The following requirements govern as to brake equipment on vehicles: Every motor vehicle, or combination of motor-drawn vehicles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped an a dry, smooth, level road =Y: free from loose material, upon application of the service or foal brake, within the following r specified distances, ar shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate correspond- ing to these distances: Feet to atop from Deceleration in feet 20 miles per hour per second Brakes on all wheels ................... 30 feet or leas .......... 14 Brakes not on all four wheels............ 40 feet or less .......... 10.7 (c) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite aides of the vehicle. (ORC 4513.20; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42. j 337.19 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL. (a) Every motor. vehicle when operated upon a street shall be equipped with a horn which is in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible, -under normal conditions, from a distance of not lees than two hundred feet. (b) No motor vehicle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle, any siren, whistle, or bell. Any vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which shall be so arranged that it cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal. Every emergency vehicle shall be equipped with a State approved siren, whistle, or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not leas than five hundred feet. Such equipment shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or is in the Immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which case the driver of the emergency vehicle shall sound such equipment when it is necessary. to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof. (ORC 4513.21; Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.)