A Practical Stopping-Ability Regulation
560022
01/01/1956
- Event
- Content
- A WORKABLE, effective regulatory measure to assure minimum brake-performance requirements requires:
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Commercially available instruments which facilitate rapid testing.
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Statement of the requirement in units which allow most effective evaluation of braking performance.
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Compliance with the requirement must be possible in both road and inspection-station tests.
The conclusions led to the final recommendation which was adopted for the Uniform Vehicle Code of 1954. A recommended enforcement program and testing requirements for the several vehicle classes are set forth. -
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- Pages
- 12
- Citation
- Saal, C., "A Practical Stopping-Ability Regulation," SAE Technical Paper 560022, 1956, https://doi.org/10.4271/560022.