| Classes 3,4 & 7 |
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.
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Service Brake
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Parking Brake
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Vehicle with a single line braking system
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Vehicle with a split (dual) braking system
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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:
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50%
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25%
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16%
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i. before 1 January 1968
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40%
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25%
|
16%
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ii. on or after 1 January 1968
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50%
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25%
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16%
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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.
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30% for first means of control
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25% for second means of control
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Vehicles first used before 1 January 1915
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one efficient braking system required
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