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§ 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
Avg. Driver
Perception-
Reaction
Time
(1.5
Seconds)
(IN Feet)
Miles
Per
Hour
Feet
Per
Second
Automobile
Brakes
(In Feet)
Brakes
on
All
Wheels
(In Feet)
Automobile
(In Feet)
Trucks
(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
535
220
696
955

The courts shall furthertake notice that the above table has been constructed, using scientific reasoning, to provide factfinders with an average baseline for motor vehicle stopping distances (1) for a vehicle in good condition and (2) on a level,dry stretch of highway, free from loose material.

Deviations from these circumstances do not negate the usefulness of the tables, but rather call for additional site specfic examination and/or explanation.

Site-specific research may be utilized under any circumstances.

(code 1950 § 46-212.2 1958. c. 600; 1958,c.541§ 46.1-196: 1989 c. 727: 2001, c. 145; 2003. c. 277.)


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