{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-4860","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4860","heading":"Performance ability of brakes; tests for deceleration and stopping distances.","body":"Every motor vehicle and combination of vehicles, at all times and under all conditions of loading, upon application of the service brake, shall be capable of:\n(a) Developing a braking force that is not less than the percentage of its gross weight tabulated herein for its classification,\n(b) Decelerating to a stop from not more than twenty miles per hour at not less than the feet per second tabulated herein for its classification, and\n(c) Stopping from a speed of twenty miles per hour in not more than the distance tabulated herein for its classification, such distance to be measured from the point at which movement of the service brake pedal or controls begins.\nTests for deceleration and stopping distance shall be made on a substantially level (not to exceed plus or minus one per cent grade), dry, smooth, hard surface that is free from loose material.\nClassificationof Vehicles\tBraking force at a percentage of gross vehicle or combination weight\tDeceleration in feetper second\tBrake System application and braking distance in feet from an initial speed of 20 m.p.h.\n(A)\tPassenger vehicles with a seating capacity of ten people or less including driver, not having a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating\t52.8%\t17\t25\n(B-1)\tAll motorcycles and motor-driven cycles\t43.5%\t14\t30\n(B-2)\tSingle unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less\t43.5%\t14\t30\n(C-1)\tSingle unit vehicles with a manufacturer's gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds\t43.5%\t14\t40\n(C-2)\tCombination of a two-axle towing vehicle and a trailer with a gross trailer weight of 3,000 pounds or less\t43.5%\t14\t40\n(C-3)\tBuses, regardless of the number of axles, not having a manufacturer's gross weight rating\t43.5%\t14\t40\n(C-4)\tAll combinations of vehicles in driveaway-towaway operations\t43.5%\t14\t40\n(D)\tAll other vehicles and combinations of vehicles\t43.5%\t14\t50","path":["Title 56 - MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways","ARTICLE 35 Equipment and Identification"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t56c005.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:52:34Z","sha256":"34d8b02f3deae37c9bf5faae7fb9db06a046fc878f0ad85d73828d85d26ab15f","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-4850","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-56-5-4870"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}