CHAPTER 600

in Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section num-
bered 46-285.1, so as to provide that courts shall take judicial notice

of certain data.
[H 417]

Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding thereto a section
1umbered 46-285.1 as follows:

§ 46-285.1. All courts shall take notice of the following tables of
peed and stopping distances of motor vehicles, which shall not raise a
resumption, in actions in which inquiry thereon is pertinent to the issues:

SPEED IN AVERAGE STOPPING DISTANCES TOTAL STOPPING
Miles Feet | Automobile Truck Brakes Average Driver DISTANCES: DRIVER
Per Per Brakes § (Brakes on tion Time AND
Hour Second (In Feet) All Wheels) (% Second) Automobiles

Trucks
(In Feet) (In Feet) (In Feet) (In Feet)
10 14.67 5 qT 11 16 18
15 22.0 12 17 16 28 33
20 29.34 21 80 22 43 52
25 86.62 32 47 27 59 74
80 44.0 47 67 83 80 100
35 51.3 63 92 38 101 180
40 58.7 82 120 44 126 164
45 66.0 104 152 50 154 202
50 73.3 128 187 55 188 242
55 80.7 155 227 61 216 288
60 88.0 185 270 66 251 336
65 95.8 217 316 val 288 887
70 102.6 252 3867 17 329 444
75 109.9 289 422 82 371 504
80 117.2 328 480 88 416 568
90 182.0 425 607 99 524 706
100 146.6 514 750 109 623 859

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