The General Assembly at its Regular Session of 1972 directed the Code Commission, by Senate Joint Resolution No. 26, to conduct a study of the Uniform Vehicle Code to determine to what extent parts of the Uniform Code could be utilized in Virginia for the enhancement of convenience and safety of motor vehicle travel in this State.

Paul D. Stotts, Esquire, of the Richmond City Bar, was retained as the Commission's special counsel for this study and The Michie Company was employed to prepare a section by section comparison of the Uniform Vehicle Code with the comparable Code of Virginia sections.

The Virginia Code Commission made the complete section by section comparison of the Uniform Vehicle Code and the code of Virginia available to the Highway Safety Division, the Highway Department, the Department of State Police and the Division of Motor Vehicles, with the request that each agency review the material and furnish comments and recommendations on the adoption of the Uniform Vehicle Code sections. In addition, comments and recommendations were solicited from the State Department of Education on certain portions of the study.

After the agencies had reviewed the section by section comparison as prepared by The Michie Company, counsel for the Commission met with representatives of these agencies and discussed in detail the comments and recommendations of each agency.

The Code Commission members met on several occasions with counsel and officials of State agencies affected QY this study and examined in depth the information that had been developed and the changes recommended by members of the Commission, by counsel and by State officials.