2006 Code of Virginia § 46.2-1014 - Brake lights
46.2-1014. Brake lights.
Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, except an antique vehicle notoriginally equipped with a brake light, registered in the Commonwealth andoperated on the highways in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with at leasttwo brake lights of a type approved by the Superintendent. Such brake lightsshall automatically exhibit a red or amber light plainly visible in clearweather from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of such vehicle when thebrake is applied.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to motorcycles equipped withbrake lights as required by 46.2-1012.
(1970, c. 17, 46.1-262.1; 1972, c. 6; 1989, c. 727; 2000, cc. 54, 63; 2003,c. 964.)
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