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2011 Code of Virginia
Title 46.2 MOTOR VEHICLES.
Chapter 8 Regulation of Traffic (46.2-800 thru 46.2-947)
46.2-816 Following too closely
VA Code § 46.2-816 (2001 through Reg Session) What's This?
46.2-816. Following too closely.
The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed of both vehicles and the traffic on, and conditions of, the highway at the time.
(Code 1950, 46-229; 1958, c. 541, 46.1-213; 1983, c. 248; 1989, c. 727.)
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