Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:345 – Brakes on motor driven cycles
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:345
- Commissioner: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including bridges, causeways, tunnels and ferries; synonymous with the word "street". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Motor driven cycle: means every motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor of not to exceed five horsepower. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
A. The commissioner is hereby authorized to require an inspection of the brake on any motor driven cycle and to disapprove any such brake which he finds will not comply with the performance ability standard set forth in La. Rev. Stat. 32:342, or which in his opinion is not so designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use.
B. The commissioner may refuse to register or may suspend or revoke the registration of any vehicle referred to in this Section when he determines that the brake thereon does not comply with the provisions of this Chapter.
C. No person shall operate on any highway of this state any vehicle referred to in this Section if the commissioner has disapproved the brake equipment upon such vehicle or type of vehicle.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.