Chap. 262.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 62, as amended, of Chapter
342 of the Acts of Assembly of 1932, as amended, approved March 26, 1932,
and known, designated and cited as the “Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia’,
relating to the fixing of speed limits on the highways. [H B 312]

Approved March 25, 1946

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That section sixty-two, as amended, of chapter three hundred
forty-two of the Acts of Assembly of nineteen hundred thirty-two, as
amended, approved March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred thirty-two,
and known, designated and cited as the “Motor Vehicle Code of Vir-
ginia’, be amended and re-enacted, as follows:

Section 62. Restrictions as to speed; other acts declared misde-
meanors ; changes in speed limits by executive order— Any person who
shall

(a) Drive any vehicle upon a highway in this State at such speed
as unnecessarily to block, hinder or retard the orderly and safe use of
the highway or so as to cause congestion on the highway, or

(b) Drive upon any highway in this State any motor vehicle at a
speed in excess of

(1) Fifteen miles an hour when passing a school during recess
or while children are going to or leaving school, provided that markers
be placed on the highways so as to indicate the location of such schools,
or

(2) Fifteen miles an hour in a business district as defined in this
Code, or

(3) Twenty-five miles an hour in a residential district as defined
n this Code, or

(4) Such speed as may be determined as follows: (i) the State
dighway Commision on all highways maintained by the State Highway
Department or the authorities of cities and town on all highways main-
ained by them may increase or decrease the speed in business districts
ind residential districts as defined and provided for in this Code, pro-
nided such areas or points are clearly indicated by markers or signs and
uch speed shall be based upon an engineering and traffic investigation,
yr (11) such speed as shall be fixed by the State Highway Commission
m all highways maintained by the State Highway Department or the
iuthorities of cities and towns on all highways maintained by them, for
ongested areas or curves, right angle turns or other dangerous points
on the highways, when such areas or points are clearly indicated by
markers or signs and such speed shall be based upon an engineering and
traffic investigation, or

(5) Drive anywhere else upon a highway in this State any school
bus carrying school children to or from school at a speed in excess of
thirty-five miles per hour, or any other passenger carrying bus at a
speed in excess of fifty miles per hour, or any passenger motor vehicle
or motorcycle at a speed in excess of fifty miles per hour, or any other
motor vehicle, including trucks, at a speed in excess of fifty mules per
hour, or

(c) Drive to the left of the center of the street except upon one-
way streets, or

(d) Violate any provisions of the right of way laws, as set forth
in sections seventy-six and seventy-seven of this Code, or

(e) Drive a vehicle out of an alley, lane or building into a street
without first bringing such vehicle to a stop immediately before entering
such street, or

(f) Make a left turn without passing to the right of the center of
the intersection, whether marked or not, or

(g) Make a right turn without keeping close to the curb, or

(h) Coast or operate a motor vehicle with the gears in neutral, or

(1) While operating a vehicle upon any highway, fail or refuse
to control the lights of such vehicle by shifting, depressing, tilting or
dimming the headlight beams thereof so as not to project into the eyes
of the driver of: any oncoming vehicle a glaring or dazzling light, or

(j) Drive any motor vehicle in any county having, according to
the last preceding United States census, more than six hundred inhabi-
tants per square mile, or in any section or zone of such county, at any
speed greater than the applicable maximum speed or speeds prescribed
therefor pursuant to the provisions of subsection (f) of section fifty-two
of this Code, by the governing board of such county, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with
the provisions of section one hundred eighteen, as from time to time
amended, of the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia.