(a) No driver or operator shall operate a vehicle with a serious safety defect, nor shall an owner or user of any bus, truck, truck tractor or trailer or certain other motor vehicles, or any officer or agent of an individual, partnership, corporation or association, or their lessees or receivers appointed by any court, who or which are the owners or users of any vehicle, require or permit a driver or operator to operate a vehicle with a serious safety defect.
(b) As used in this section, "serious safety defect" means a violation of this chapter, or a rule promulgated pursuant to the Act, relative to brakes, tires, steering, coupling devices, headlights, tail lights, brake lights and turn signals, that results in the vehicle being placed out of service.
(Res. 93-512. Passed 7-26-93.)