8-1808. Performance ability of brakes. Upon application of the service brake, every motorcycle and motor-driven cycle, at all times and under all conditions of loading, shall be capable of stopping from a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour in not more than thirty (30) feet, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or control begins.
Tests for stopping distance shall be made on a dry, smooth, hard and substantially level surface, not to exceed one percent (1%) grade, that is free from loose material.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1808; L. 1975, ch. 39, § 29; April 19.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 8 - Automobiles And Other Vehicles
Article 18 - Uniform Act Regulating Traffic; Equipment On Motorcycles And Motor-driven Cycles
8-1801 Headlamps; modulation systems.
8-1804 Stop lamps, turn signals and side lamps.
8-1805 Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment on motorcycles.
8-1806 Road-lighting equipment on motor-driven cycles.