Issue Date 01 January 2012
3.10
Brake Efficiency Table (Vehicles with 4 or more wheels)
MINIMUM BRAKE EFFICIENCIES REQUIRED
PARKING BRAKE
VEHICLES WITH 4 OR MORE WHEELS
(Excluding quadricycles – see Section 9.3)
SERVICE
BRAKE
Vehicles with a
single line service
brake system
Vehicles with a split
(dual) service brake
system
Passenger vehicles with 4 or more wheels, with not more
than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat,
having a service brake (foot-brake) operating on at least 4
wheels and a parking (handbrake) operating on at least 2
wheels.
50%
25%
16%
Goods vehicles in Classes 4 or 7
50%
25%
16%
Passenger vehicles with 4 or more wheels, with more
than 8 passenger seats in addition to the driver’s seat,
having a service brake (foot-brake) operating on at least 4
wheels and a parking (handbrake) operating on at least 2
wheels which were first used:
On or after 1 January 1968
50%
25%
16%
Before 1 January 1968
45%
20%
Not specified (see
Note 1)
Vehicles first used before 1 January 1968 which do NOT
have one means of control operating on at least 4 wheels
and which have one brake system with two means of
control or two brake systems with separate means of
control.
30% from first
means of
control
25% from second means of control
Vehicles first used before 1 January 1915.
One efficient braking system required.
Note 1: The parking brake on these vehicles must be capable of preventing at least two wheels from rotating when
the vehicle is stationary. There is no specified efficiency requirement.
