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2001 SESSION


CHAPTER 145
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-880 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tables of vehicle stopping distances.
[H 1872]
Approved March 13, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-880 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-880. Tables of speed and stopping distances.

All courts shall take notice of the following tables of speed and stopping distances of motor vehicles, which shall not raise a presumption, in actions in which inquiry thereon is pertinent to the issues:

   SPEED IN        AVERAGE STOPPING DISTANCES          TOTAL STOPPING
                                                         DISTANCES:
                                                         DRIVER AND
                         Truck Brakes  Average Driver
Miles Feet    Automobile  (Brakes on   Reaction Time
 Per   Per      Brakes    All Wheels)   (3/4 Second) Automobiles   Trucks
Hour  Second  (In Feet)    (In Feet)     (In Feet)    (In Feet)  (In Feet)
10     14.67      5            7            11           16         18
15     22.0      12           17            16           28         33
20     29.34     21           30            22           43         52
25     36.62     32           47            27           59         74
30     44.0      47           67            33           80        100
35     51.3      63           92            38          101        130
40     58.7      82          120            44          126        164
45     66.0     104          152            50          154        202
50     73.3     128          187            55          183        242
55     80.7     155          227            61          216        288
60     88.0     185          270            66          251        336
65     95.3     217          316            71          288        387
70     102.6    252          367            77          329        444
75     109.9    289          422            82          371        504
80     117.2    328          480            88          416        568
90     132.0    425          607            99          524        706
100    146.6    514          750           109          623        859
   SPEED IN        AVERAGE STOPPING DISTANCES          TOTAL STOPPING
                                                         DISTANCES:
                                                         DRIVER AND
Miles Feet    Automobile  Truck Brakes  Avg Driver   Automobiles  Trucks
Per   Per     Brakes      Brakes on     Perception-   (In Feet)  (In Feet)
Hour  Second  (In Feet)   All Wheels    Reaction Time
                          (In Feet)     (1.5 Seconds)
                                        (In Feet)
10     14.7        5          6            22            27         28
15     22.0       11         14            33            44         47
20     29.3       19         25            44            63         69
25     36.7       30         40            55            85         95
30     44.0       43         57            66           109        123
35     51.3       58         78            77           135        155
40     58.7       76        102            88           164        190
45     66.0       96        129            99           195        228
50     73.3      119        159           110           229        269
55     80.7      144        192           121           265        313
60     88.0      171        229           132           303        361
65     95.3      201        268           143           344        411
70    102.7      233        311           154           387        465
75    110.0      268        357           165           433        522
80    117.3      305        406           176           481        582
85    124.7      344        459           187           531        646
90    132.0      386        514           198           584        712
95    139.3      430        573           209           639        782
100   146.7      476        635           220           696        855

The courts shall further take notice that such tables are the result of experiments made with motor vehicles, unloaded except for the driver, equipped with four-wheel brakes, in good condition, on dry, hard, approximately level stretches of highway free from loose material.