sch.1-sec.125Air or vacuum brakes on motor vehicles

sch.1-sec.125 Air or vacuum brakes on motor vehicles

If a motor vehicle has air brakes, the vehicle’s braking system must include at least 1 air storage tank. If a motor vehicle has vacuum brakes, the vehicle’s braking system must include at least 1 vacuum storage tank. An air or vacuum storage tank must be built so the vehicle’s service brake can be applied to meet the performance standards of section 122 at least twice if the vehicle’s engine stops or the source of air or vacuum fails. An air or vacuum storage system must— be built to give a visible or audible warning to the driver, in the normal driving position of the vehicle, of a lack of air or vacuum that would prevent the vehicle’s service brake from being applied to meet the performance standards under section 122 at least twice; and be safeguarded by a check valve or other device against loss of air or vacuum if the supply fails or leaks. However, subsection (4) (a) does not apply to a vehicle that is fitted with an air or vacuum assisted braking system. If air or vacuum brakes are fitted to a motor vehicle equipped to tow a trailer, the vehicle’s brakes must be able to stop the vehicle, at the performance standards for emergency brakes under section 122 , if the trailer breaks away. Subsections (4) (a) , (5) and (6) are additional Queensland provisions. (sch.1-sec.125-ssec.1) If a motor vehicle has air brakes, the vehicle’s braking system must include at least 1 air storage tank. (sch.1-sec.125-ssec.2) If a motor vehicle has vacuum brakes, the vehicle’s braking system must include at least 1 vacuum storage tank. (sch.1-sec.125-ssec.3) An air or vacuum storage tank must be built so the vehicle’s service brake can be applied to meet the performance standards of section 122 at least twice if the vehicle’s engine stops or the source of air or vacuum fails. (sch.1-sec.125-ssec.4) An air or vacuum storage system must— be built to give a visible or audible warning to the driver, in the normal driving position of the vehicle, of a lack of air or vacuum that would prevent the vehicle’s service brake from being applied to meet the performance standards under section 122 at least twice; and be safeguarded by a check valve or other device against loss of air or vacuum if the supply fails or leaks. (sch.1-sec.125-ssec.5) However, subsection (4) (a) does not apply to a vehicle that is fitted with an air or vacuum assisted braking system. (sch.1-sec.125-ssec.6) If air or vacuum brakes are fitted to a motor vehicle equipped to tow a trailer, the vehicle’s brakes must be able to stop the vehicle, at the performance standards for emergency brakes under section 122 , if the trailer breaks away.

• (a) be built to give a visible or audible warning to the driver, in the normal driving position of the vehicle, of a lack of air or vacuum that would prevent the vehicle’s service brake from being applied to meet the performance standards under section 122 at least twice; and