Regulaciones sobre frenos en vehículos comerciales en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que los camiones y autobuses necesitan tener buenos frenos para detenerse de manera segura. También deben tener sistemas que alerten al conductor si la presión de aire en los frenos es baja.

Es como cuando usas una manguera para regar las plantas; necesitas asegurarte de que haya suficiente agua y que la manguera no tenga fugas para que el agua llegue a donde debe.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un camión de mudanzas. Según esta ley, su camión debe tener un sistema de frenos que funcione bien y una alarma que suene si la presión de aire baja demasiado. Así, Juan puede asegurarse de que su camión se detenga correctamente y no cause accidentes.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

e towed vehicles. This regulation does not apply to driveaway or towaway operations unless the brakes on the individual vehicles are designed to be operated by a single control on the towing vehicle. (i)(1) Every bus, truck or truck-tractor with air operated brakes shall be equipped with at least one reservoir sufficient to insure that, when fully charged to the maximum pressure as regulated by the air compressor governor cut-out setting, a full service brake application may be made without lowering such reservoir pressure by more than twenty per cent. Each reservoir shall be provided with means for readily draining accumulated oil or water. (2) Every truck with three or more axles equipped with vacuum assistor type brakes, manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1964, and every truck-tractor and truck, manufactured or assembled after July 1, 1964, used for towing a vehicle equipped with vacuum brakes, shall be equipped with a reserve capacity or a vacuum reservoir sufficient to insure that, with the reserve capacity or reservoir fully charged and with the engine stopped, a full service brake application may be made without depleting the vacuum supply by more than forty per cent. (3) All motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, when equipped with air or vacuum reservoirs or reserve capacity as required by this section, shall have such reservoirs or reserve capacity so safeguarded by a check valve or equivalent device that in the event of failure or leakage in its connection to the source of compressed air or vacuum, the stored air or vacuum shall not be depleted by the leak or failure. (j)(1) Every bus, truck or truck-tractor, using compressed air for the operation of its own brakes or the brakes on any towed vehicle, shall be provided with a warning si