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<br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 65-~ Page 3 <br />(b) Every motorcycle, and bicycle with motor attached, <br />when operated upon a street or highway, shall be equipped with at least one <br />adequate brake, which may be operated by hand or b}r foot. <br />(c} Every trailer or semitrailer, except a pole trailer, <br />of a gross weight of two thousand pounds or more, manufa ctured or <br />assembled on or after January 1, 1942, when operated upon the streets or <br />highways of this Municipality, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to <br />control the movement of and to stop and to hold such vehicle and so designed <br />as to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab, and <br />such brakes shall be so designed and connected that, in case of a breakaway <br />of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically applied. <br />(d) In any combination of motor-drawn trailers or semi- <br />trailers equipped with brakes, means shall be provided for applying the <br />rearmost brakes in approximate synchronism with the brakes on the towing <br />vehicle, and developing the required braking effort on the rearmost wheels <br />at the fastest rate; or means shall be provided for applying braking effort <br />first on the rearmost brakes; or both of the above means, capable of being <br />used alternatively, may be employed. <br />{e) Every vehicle and combination of vehicles, except <br />motorcycles and motordriven cycles, and except trailers and semitrailers of <br />a gross weight of less than two thousand pounds, and pole trailers, shall <br />be equipped with parking brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on <br />which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from <br />snow, ice or loose material. The parking brakes shall be capable of being <br />applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements by the driver's <br />muscular effort or by spring action or by equivalent means. Their operation <br />may be assisted by the service brakes or other source of power provided <br />that failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting <br />mechanism will not prevent the parking brakes from being applied in <br />conformance with the foregoing requirements. The parking brakes shall <br />be so designed that when once applied they shall remain applied with the <br />required effectiveness despite exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage <br />of any kind. <br />(f} The same brake drums, brake shoes and lining assemblie <br />brake shoe anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mechanism normally <br />associated with the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service <br />brakes and the parking brakes. If the means of applying the parking brakes <br />and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed <br />that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without operative brakes <br />(g) Every motor vehicle or combination of motor-drawn <br />vehicles shall be capable at al.l times and under all conditions of loading of <br />being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upoci <br />application of the service or foot brake, within the following specified <br />distances, or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate <br />corresponding to these distances: <br />From a speed of 20 miles per hour <br />Stopping distance Deceleration in <br />in feet feet per second <br />Brakes on all wheels ......... • • . • • • • 30 14 <br />Brakes not on all four wheels ........ 40 10. ~ <br />