South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 38 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 5 - STATE TRANSPORT POLICE REGULATIONS
Subarticle 1 - UNMANUFACTURED FOREST PRODUCTS TRUCKING REGULATIONS
Part 38-393 - PARTS AND ACCESSORIES NECESSARY FOR SAFE OPERATION
Subpart C - BRAKES
Section 38-393.42 - Brakes required on all wheels
Universal Citation: SC Code Regs 38-393.42
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
(a) Every commercial motor vehicle shall be equipped with brakes acting on all wheels.
(b) Exception.
(1) Trucks or truck tractors having three or
more axles
(i) Need not have brakes on the
front wheels if the vehicle was manufactured before July 25, 1980; or
(ii) Manufactured between July 24, 1980, and
October 27, 1986, must be retrofitted to meet the requirements of 38-393 within
one year from February 26, 1987, if the brake components have been
removed.
(2) Any motor
vehicle being towed in a driveaway towaway operation must have operative brakes
as may be necessary to ensure compliance with the performance requirements of
Regulation Regulation
38-393.52. This
paragraph is not applicable to any motor vehicle towed by means of a tow bar
when any other vehicle is full mounted on such towed motor vehicle or any
combination of motor vehicles utilizing three or more saddle mounts. (See
Regulation 38-393.71(a)(3).)
(3)
Any full trailer, any semitrailer, or any pole trailer having a GVWR of 3,000
pounds or less must be equipped with brakes if the weight of the towed vehicle
resting on the towing vehicle exceeds 40 percent of the GVWR of the towing
vehicle.
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