61-9-312. Performance ability of brakes. - Montana Statutes

     61-9-312. Performance ability of brakes. On a dry, hard, approximately level stretch of highway free from loose material, a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles, upon application of the service brake, must be capable of stopping at a speed of 20 miles an hour within the following distances:
     (1) 25 feet for passenger motor vehicles, except buses and pioneer vehicles;
     (2) 40 feet for buses, trucks, and tractor trucks;
     (3) 45 feet for motor vehicles registered or qualified to be registered as pioneer vehicles under 61-3-411(2)(a) when equipped with two-wheel brakes or 25 feet when equipped with four-wheel brakes;
     (4) 40 feet for all combinations of vehicles; and
     (5) 30 feet for motorcycles, quadricycles, and motor-driven cycles.

     History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 139, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-21-143.2; amd. Sec. 44, Ch. 516, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 431, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 178, Ch. 574, L. 2001.