All brakes and component parts thereof shall be maintained in good condition and in good working order. The brakes shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
Cal. Veh. Code § 26453
Operation of Brakes
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Clark v. Dziabas (1968)
Most recently applied in 86 Cal. App. 4th 627 - Wilshire Ins. Co. v. Tuff Boy Holding, Inc. (January 2001)
Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2183.
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