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AUTOMOBILES - STUDENT OPERATION AND PARKING RESTRICTED
President Darden read to the Board the following letters and memoranda
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
May 21, 1958
Charlottesville
President
University of Virginia
The Student Council wishes to submit the following traffic control recommendations for your
consideration
1. The area known as the Dell and the present Engineering School parking lot should be
converted into improved parking lots. Chief Houchens of the University Police has
approximate figures pertaining to the cost of improving the two lots and to the
capacity of the lots2. Student parking in the Cabell Hall lot and on the roadway beside the Residence
Halls shall be prohibited from 8:30 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. MONDAY through SATURDAY3. The present fine system for violations of Student Motor Vehicle Rules and Regulations
should be abandoned. The new system should incorporate the followinga First offense $5 fine b Second offense $10 fine c Third offense Suspension of
driving privileges4. A student on probation of any kind shall have his driving privileges suspended
5. Upon registration of a motor vehicle, the applicant must show proof of being able
to meet the motor vehicle insurance requirements of the State of Virginia
I would be happy to discuss these recommendations with you at your convenience, if you so
desire
Student Council Traffic Control Comm.
Charlottesville
June 2, 1958
University Adviser to Students
The Rotunda
President
I am enclosing a revised copy of the regulations governing use of motor vehicles by students
in the undergraduate schools of the University as approved unanimously by the Committee on
Undergraduates at its meeting on Friday, May 30, 1958. This meeting was also attended by Miss
Tyson from the School of Nursing and Mr. Nichols from the School of Architecture. I strongly
recommend adoption of these regulations by the Board of Visitors and propose that they take
effect with students entering in September, 1958. I feel that those sections dealing with
warning, probation, and conviction of drunken and/or reckless driving should become effective
for all undergraduate students in September, 1958
As University Adviser to Students I strongly urge that the stipulations regarding drunken
and/or reckless driving should apply to all students in the University. The Committee on
Undergraduates is also of this opinion but has no jurisdiction in the matter. I urge that the
Board of Visitors consider the advisability of this rule applying to all students
May I call your attention to paragraphs 2 and 3 of my letter of May 20, 1958, regarding
my reactions to the recommendations made by the Student Council
No student in the College of Arts and Sciences or Schools of Architecture, Commerce,
Education, Engineering or Nursing shall, while the University is in session, maintain or
operate a motor vehicle in the University, the City of Charlottesville, or the County of
Albemarle, who is
(1) A first, second or third year student
(2) On warning or probation of any kind, or who
(3) While a student in the University is convicted of drunken and/or reckless driving
Authorization for exceptions to the above may be made by the Committee on Undergraduates
(This regulation shall apply to students who have earned in regular session less than 80
semester hours in the College and School of Commerce, 90 semester hours in the Schools of
hours in the School of Engineering.)
Violation of the foregoing regulations may result in suspension
Charlottesville
June 13, 1958
University Adviser to Students
The Rotunda
President
The Student Council at its meeting on May 19, 1958, unanimously passed the following
motion. To recommend that all students who register cars have compulsory insurance
This has just come to the attention of the Subcommittee of the Committee on Undergraduates.
We approve this motion and propose the following be made a part of our
previous recommendations
Before any student may register his vehicle he must present the following documents
1 State registration
2 State driver's license
3 Certificate of insurance from a recognized insurance company evidencing coverage
for public liability for a minimum of $10,000 and $20,000 bodily injury and $5,000
property damage
4 Statement signed by the student's parent or guardian (if the student is under 21)
indicating the parent's or guardian's knowledge and understanding of the regulations
at the University of Virginia and granting the student permission to operate a motor
vehicle at the University
In the general discussion that followed, it was the consensus of opinion that parking lots
could not be indefinitely extended into areas such as the Dell. The President noted that Board
action was necessary since the Committee on Undergraduates has no authority to act on a University-wide
basis regarding students in professional schools. Mr. Fenwick reminded the Board of the new
Virginia laws making insurance compulsory for all registered vehicles, and Mr. Pollock inquired
whether the proposed liability figures were high enough
The Board resolved that the proposed new regulations, as set forth above (but not the
proposed extension and conversion of parking lots), be and they are hereby approved in principle,
but that the President shall be free to make modifications in detail and in application
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