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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-8-54. Maintenance.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-8-54. Maintenance.

All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.

## History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 115; Code 1933, § 68E-305, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 4; Code 1981, § 40-8-54, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 165, § 10.