Q Are all persons issued with an im mediate prohibition
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on a vehicle automatically prosecuted and is there any regulation stating what amount of fluid a brake reservoir must contain?
Also if a six-wheeled vehicle having two brake fluid reservoirs (one supplying the front axle and driving axle and the other the trailing axle) should lose the brake fluid to the trailing axle, what would be the overall effect on the braking of the vehicle?
AOperators of vehicles subject to an
immediate GV9 are not automatically prosecuted. There would appear to be no regulations specifying the amount of fluid a brake reservoir must contain.
With the front and driving axle on a 6 x 2 chassis brakes only, the effect on the overall efficiency would depend to some extent on the rear suspension layout. We would expect a reduction on efficiency as compared with all wheels braked of about a quarter, say a reduction from 60 per cent to 45 per cent.
But this presumes ideal conditions and all brakes in top condition. If there is excessive locking through the road being wet there could be less reduction in efficiency. but if only the trailing axle were in good condition there would be a greater reduction in efficiency.