{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-II/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68/annex-II/division-2/division-2.5/division-2.5.6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/68",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/68 of 15 October 2014 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle braking requirements for the approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-68",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.5.6",
  "heading": "Free running test",
  "text": "After completing the tests described in point 2.5.5, the brakes shall be allowed to cool to a temperature representative of a cold brake (i.e. < 100 °C) and it shall be verified that the towed vehicle is capable of free running by fulfilling one of the following conditions:\n2.5.6.1. Wheels are running freely (i.e. may be rotated by hand);\n2.5.6.2. It is ascertained that when the towed vehicle is driven at a constant speed of v = 60 km/h with the brakes released the asymptotic temperatures shall not exceed a drum/disc temperature increase of 80 °C, then the residual brake moments are regarded as acceptable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/68/annex/II/division/2/division/2.5/division/2.5.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:56.586941+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}