| Class
of Vehicle |
Minimum
Brake Efficiencies Required |
| Vehicles
with 4 or more wheels having a service brake (foot-brake) operating
on at least 4 wheels and a parking (handbrake) operating on
at least 2 wheels. |
Service
Brake |
Parking
Brake |
| Vehicle
with a single line braking system |
Vehicle
with a split (dual) braking system |
| Vehicles
with 3 wheels with a service brake operating on ALL wheels and
a parking brake operating on at least one wheel which were first
used: |
50%
|
25%
|
16%
|
| i.
before 1 January 1968 |
40%
|
25%
|
16%
|
| ii.
on or after 1 January 1968 |
50%
|
25%
|
16%
|
| Vehicles
first used before 1 January 1968 which do NOT have one means
of control operating on at least 4 wheels (or 3 for three wheeled
vehicle) and which have one brake system with two means of control
or two brake systems with separate means of control.
|
30%
for first means of control |
25%
for second means of control |
| Vehicles
first used before 1 January 1915. |
one
efficient braking system required |
