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Section 22-301 – Brake Equipment Required

    (a)    “Driveaway or towaway operation” means any operation in which any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, singly or in combination, new or used, is the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of the vehicle are on the roadway during the transportation, whether or not the vehicle furnishes the motive power.     (b)    Every motor […]

Section 22-302 – Performance Ability of Brakes

    (a)    Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, on application of the service brake, shall be capable of:         (1)    Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated in subsection (c) of this section for its classification;         (2)    Decelerating to a stop […]

Section 22-303 – Maintenance of Brakes

    All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be adjusted to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.

Section 22-304 – Brakes on Motorcycles

    (a)    The Administrator is authorized to require an inspection of the braking system on any motorcycle and to disapprove any braking system on a vehicle that he finds will not comply with the performance ability standard set forth in § 22-302 of this subtitle or that, in his opinion, is equipped with a braking system that […]

Section 22-305 – Hydraulic Brake Fluid

    (a)    In this section, “hydraulic brake fluid” means the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle.     (b)    Hydraulic brake fluid shall be distributed and serviced with due regard for the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public.     (c)    After public hearing following due notice, […]