CHAPTER 313

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-280, as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to brakes on trailers. 9
[S 111]

Approved March 30, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.1-280, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:
§ 46.1-280. (a) Every semitrailer or trailer or separate vehicle at-
tached by a drawbar, chain or coupling to a towing vehicle other than a
farm tractor or a vehicle not required to obtain an annual registration
certificate for license plates under § 46.1-45 and having an actual gross
weight of three thousand pounds or more, shall be equipped with brakes
controlled or operated by the driver of the towing vehicle which shall con-
form to the specifications set forth in § 46.1-279 and shall be of a type
approved by the Superintendent. Provided, however, that farm trailers
used exclusively for hauling raw agricultural produce from farm to farm
or farm to packing shed and/or processing plant within the normal growing
area of said packing shed or processing plant shall be exempt from the
requirements of this section.

(b) “Gross weight” for the purpose of this section includes the load
upon such semitrailer, trailer or separate vehicle.

(c) This section shall not apply to any vehicle being towed for re-
pairs, or in a bona fide emergency.