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Division 1.3 Secondary (emergency) braking performance and efficiency (if met by separate system)X1

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1.3.1.

Performance

If the secondary braking system is separate from the service braking system, use the method specified in 1.2.1.

(a)

Inadequate braking effort on one or more wheels.

X
No braking effort on one or more wheels. X

(b)

Braking effort from any wheel is less than 70 % of the maximum effort recorded from another wheel on the same axle specified. Or, in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line.

X
Braking effort from any wheel is less than 50 % of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle in the case of steered axles. X

(c)

No gradual variation in brake effort (grabbing).

X

1.3.2.

Efficiency

If the secondary braking system is separate from the service braking system, use the method specified in 1.2.2. Braking effort less than 50 % ( 6 ) of the service brake performance defined in section 1.2.2 in relation to the maximum authorized mass. X
Less than 50 % of the above braking effort values reached. X

Annotations

Editorial notes

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Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 127 of 29 April 2014).