2025 Georgia Codes – Page 383

Every 1966 model motor vehicle and all subsequent model motor vehicles shall be equipped with parking
brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading,
on a surface free from snow, ice, or loose material. The parking brakes shall be capable of being applied
in conformance with the foregoing requirements by the driver’s muscular effort or by spring action or by
equivalent means. Their operation may be assisted by the service brakes or other source of power, provided
that failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting mechanism will not prevent the
parking brakes from being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements. The parking brakes
shall be so designed that when once applied they shall remain applied with the required effectiveness despite
exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage of any kind. The same brake drums, brake shoes and lining
assemblies, brake shoe anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mechanism normally associated with
the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service brakes and the parking brakes. If the means of
applying the parking brakes and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed
that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without operative brakes.