Every motor vehicle or combination of motor-drawn vehicles shall be capable at all times, and under all conditions of loading, of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upon application of the service (foot) brake within the distances specified below, or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate corresponding to these distances:

    Feet to stop Deceleration
    from 20 miles in feet per
    per hour second per
      second
  Vehicles or combination of vehicles having brakes on all wheels 30   14
  Vehicles or combinations of vehicles not having brakes on all wheels 40   10.7

History of Section.
P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, ch. 34, § 30; G.L. 1956, § 31-23-5.