Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, CHAPTER V, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Preliminary Rule 96

CHAPTER V

CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPEMENT AND MAITENANCE OFMOTOR VEHICLES
Rule 93

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96. Brakes,- (1) Every motor vehicle, other than a motor cycle, three wheeled invalid carriage, trailer or a road roller shall be equipped with two independent and efficient breaking systems, namely, parking brake and foot operated service brake:

                Provided that a motor cycle and three wheeled invalid carriages shall be equipped with the independent and efficient braking systems, either both hand operated or one foot operated   and the other hand operated.

(2) The braking system shall be of strength capable of stopping the vehicle within the distance specified in sub-rule (8) and of holding it at rest in all conditions and all such brakes at all times be properly connected and maintained in  efficient condition.

(3) In every motor vehicle other than articulated tractors, the brakes operated by one of the means of operation shall be directly upon the wheel and not through the transmission gear.

(4) Two years from the date of commencement of Central Motor Vehicles Amendment Rules,1993, every motor vehicle manufactured shall have  a braking system whose performance shall conform to the  following Indian Standards, namely,-

                (i) for motor cycles IS : 10376 – 1982 or  IS 11716 – 1986, as applicable,

                (ii) for three wheelers with gross vehicle weight not exceeding 1000 kgs and all other vehicles IS:11852 (Part 3) – 1987

IS:11852 (Part 2) – 1987,        IS:11852 ( Part 3) - 1987

IS:11852 (Part 4) – 1987,        IS:11852 ( Part 3) - 1987

IS:11852 (Part 6) – 1987 and IS:11852 ( Part 7) – 1987 as applicable.

Explanation:-Indian Standards means the Indian Standard specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards.

(5) Except in  the case of a motor cycle, the breaking system or one of the breaking systems of a motor vehicle shall be so constructed and maintained that  it can be so set as effectively to prevent  at least two, or in the case of a motor vehicle having three wheels, at least one of the wheels from revolving when the vehicle is left unattended.

(6) The braking sytsem or part thereof which functions in the aforesaid manner shall be known as parking brake and where such a parking brake is designed to be operated  by hand, it shall be known as hand-brake.

(7)(a) In the case of motor vehicles, other than three wheelers of gross vehicle weight not exceeding 1000 kgs and motor cycles, the service brake shall be acting on alll the wheels of the vehicle.

b) In case of three wheelers of gross vehicle weight not exceeding 1000 kgs if the foot operated brake does not act on all the wheels, the following conditions shall be full filled, namely-

                (i) the foot operated brake shall act on the two wheels which are on the same axle, and

                (ii) in addition to the parking brake, there shall be an independent brake acting on the other wheel of the vehicle  with an independent hand operated control.

©In the case of motor cycles, the braking system operated with the foot or left hand  shall act at least on the rear wheel and the brake operated by  right hand at least on the front wheel.

(d)                In the case of agricultural tractors, the braking system shall act as on both the rear wheels , either directly or through transmission gear.

(8)                The service braking system in the case of a vehicle other than three wheelers and motor cycles, and the braking system  operated by one of the means of operation other than the parking brake in the case of three wheelers and motor cycles shall be capable to bring the vehicle to halt within the distance specified in the following Table when tested in accordance with the condition prescribed correspondingly in the Table. The test shall be conducted on a dry level hard road in good condition. During the test  the accelerator control shall be fully released and in the case of vehicle with manual shifting control, the top gear and the clutch shall be  engaged.

     For the purpose of this test for vehicles other than motor cycles the unladen means the vehicle is without any load and shall carry only the driver and another person for specific purpose of supervising the test, and the instruments, if any In the case of motor cycles, the unladen weight means the vehicle will carry only the single rider and the measuring instrument, if any.