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HOUSE BILL NO. 1872 Offered January 10, 2001 Prefiled January 5, 2001 A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-880 of the Code of Virginia, relating to tables of vehicle stopping distances. ---------- Patron-- Deeds ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

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:
  Truck Brakes  Average Driver       DRIVER AND
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.