Sec. 547.802. BRAKE EQUIPMENT


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  • (a) If a motorcycle, including a motor-driven cycle, complies with the performance requirements of Section 547.408, brakes are not required on the wheel of a sidecar attached to the cycle.

    (b) If a motor-driven cycle complies with the performance standards of Section 547.408, brakes are not required on the front wheel of the cycle.

    (c) The director may require an inspection of a motor-driven cycle braking system and may disapprove a system that:

    (1) does not comply with the brake performance requirements in Section 547.408; or

    (2) is not designed or constructed to ensure reasonable and reliable performance during actual use.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.