Veh. Code, § 26521 · Article 4. Vacuum Brakes
Veh. Code, § 26521
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and equipped with vacuum or vacuum-assisted brakes and motor vehicles used to tow vehicles equipped with vacuum brakes or vacuum-assisted brakes shall be equipped with either an audible or visible warning signal to indicate readily to the driver when the vacuum drops to eight inches of mercury and less. A vacuum gauge shall not be deemed to meet this requirement.
This section shall not apply to a two-axle motor truck operated singly nor to any motor vehicle manufactured prior to 1964.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 386.
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