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Wis JI-Civil 1054
Equipment and Maintenance of Vehicles: Brakes
Subdivision of question asks whether (driver) was negligent with respect to
the (condition of the brakes on (his) (her) vehicle) (mechanical condition of (his) (her)
vehicle).
The Wisconsin statutes provide that:
[Use the appropriate paragraph(s).]
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle upon a highway unless the motor vehicle
is equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and
hold the vehicle. The brakes must be capable of bringing the vehicle to a stop
under normal conditions within 50 feet when traveling at a speed of 20 miles
per hour.
(b) There shall be two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means
shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two
separate means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, they shall be
so constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism will not
leave the motor vehicle without operative brakes. One of the means of braking
operation shall consist of a mechanical connection from the operating lever of
the brake shoe or bands and this brake shall be capable of holding the vehicle
on any grade on which it is driven, under all conditions of loading on a surface
free from snow, ice, or loose material.
(c) The brakes shall be maintained in good working order at all times when the
vehicle is used upon a public highway.
If you are satisfied that the brakes on the vehicle driven by (driver) at the time of the
collision did not comply with these statutory requirements, the (driver) was negligent.
[Burden of Proof, Wis JI-Civil 200]
History
Wis JI-Civil 1054 (2008). ©2008, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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