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Title 46.2 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 8 - Regulation of Traffic
Article 1. General and Miscellaneous
- § 46.2-800. Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, or mopeds; riding or driving animals
- § 46.2-800.1. Riding animals on highways after sunset
- § 46.2-800.2. Operation of off-road recreational vehicles in localities embraced by the Southwest Regional Recreation Authority
- § 46.2-800.3. Driving in flooded areas prohibited
- § 46.2-801. Chapter applicable to drivers of all vehicles regardless of ownership
- § 46.2-802. Drive on right side of highways
- § 46.2-803. Keep to the right in crossing intersections or railroads
- § 46.2-803.1. Commercial motor vehicles limited to use of certain lanes of certain interstate highways
- § 46.2-804. Special regulations applicable on highways laned for traffic
- § 46.2-805. Lane-use control signals
- § 46.2-806. One-way roadways and highways
- § 46.2-807. Path of travel at circular intersections
- § 46.2-808. Commonwealth Transportation Board may prohibit certain uses of controlled access highways; penalty
- § 46.2-808.1. Use of crossovers on controlled access highways; penalty
- § 46.2-809. Regulation of truck traffic on primary and secondary highways
- § 46.2-809.1. Regulation of residential cut-through traffic by Board
- § 46.2-810. Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehicles
- § 46.2-810.1. Smoking in vehicle with a minor present; civil penalty
- § 46.2-811. Coasting prohibited
- § 46.2-812. Driving more than thirteen hours in twenty-four prohibited
- § 46.2-813. Occupation of trailer being towed on highways
- § 46.2-814. Driving through safety zone prohibited
- § 46.2-815. Hauling certain cargoes through tunnels in violation of posted signs; penalty
- § 46.2-816. Following too closely
- § 46.2-817. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penalties
- § 46.2-818. Stopping vehicle of another; blocking access to premises; damaging or threatening commercial vehicle or operator thereof; penalties
- § 46.2-818.1. Opening and closing motor vehicle doors; penalty
Article 1.1. Toll Violations and Enforcement
- § 46.2-819. Use of toll facility without payment of toll; circumstances to be considered in assessing penalty
- § 46.2-819.1. Installation and use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with electronic or manual toll facilities; penalty
- § 46.2-819.2. Driving a motor vehicle from establishment where motor fuel offered for sale; suspension of license; penalty
- § 46.2-819.3. Use of toll facility without payment of toll; enforcement; penalty
- § 46.2-819.3:1. Installation and use of video-monitoring system and automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with all-electronic toll facilities; penalty
- § 46.2-819.4. Smoking in proximity to gas pumps; penalty
- § 46.2-819.5. Enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with usage of Dulles Access Highway
- § 46.2-819.6. Invoice for unpaid toll
- § 46.2-819.7. Repealed
- § 46.2-819.8. Toll grace period
- § 46.2-819.9. Agreements for enforcement of tolling violations against nonresidents
- § 46.2-819.10. Withholding of vehicle registration for enforcement of out-of-state toll violations
Article 2. Right-of-Way
- § 46.2-820. Right-of-way at uncontrolled intersections, generally
- § 46.2-821. Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way
- § 46.2-822. Right-of-way at circular intersections
- § 46.2-823. Unlawful speed forfeits right-of-way
- § 46.2-824. Right-of-way at uncontrolled "T" intersections
- § 46.2-825. Left turn traffic to yield right-of-way
- § 46.2-826. Stop before entering public highway or sidewalk from private road, etc.; yielding right-of-way
- § 46.2-827. Right-of-way of United States forces, troops, National Guard, etc.
- § 46.2-828. Right-of-way for funeral processions under police or sheriff's escort; improper joining of, passing through, or interfering with processions prohibited; use of high beam headlights and hazard lights by vehicles traveling in funeral processions
- § 46.2-828.1. Impeding or disrupting certain funeral processions; penalty
- § 46.2-828.2. Impeding or disrupting vehicles operating under a valid highway hauling permit
- § 46.2-829. Approach of law-enforcement or fire-fighting vehicles, rescue vehicles, or ambulances; violation as failure to yield right-of-way
Article 3. Traffic Signs, Lights, and Markings
- § 46.2-830. Uniform traffic control devices on highways; drivers to obey traffic control devices; enforcement of section
- § 46.2-830.1. Failure to obey highway sign where driver sleeping or resting
- § 46.2-831. Unofficial traffic control devices prohibited; penalties
- § 46.2-832. Damaging or removing traffic control devices or street address signs
- § 46.2-833. Traffic lights; penalty
- § 46.2-833.01. Expired
- § 46.2-833.1. Evasion of traffic control devices
- § 46.2-834. Signals by law-enforcement officers, crossing guards, and flaggers
- § 46.2-835. Right turn on steady red light after stopping
- § 46.2-836. Left turn on steady red after stopping
Article 4. Passing
- § 46.2-837. Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions
- § 46.2-838. Passing when overtaking a vehicle
- § 46.2-839. Passing bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle
- § 46.2-840. Repealed
- § 46.2-841. When overtaking vehicle may pass on right
- § 46.2-842. Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle
- § 46.2-842.1. Drivers to give way to certain overtaking vehicles on divided highways
- § 46.2-843. Limitations on overtaking and passing
- § 46.2-844. Passing stopped school buses; penalty; prima facie evidence
Article 5. Turning
- § 46.2-845. Limitation on U-turns
- § 46.2-846. Required position and method of turning at intersections; local regulations
- § 46.2-847. Left turns by bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds
Article 6. Signals by Drivers
- § 46.2-848. Signals required on backing, stopping, or turning
- § 46.2-849. How signals given
- § 46.2-850. Change of course after giving signal
- § 46.2-851. Signals prior to moving standing vehicles into traffic
Article 7. Reckless Driving and Improper Driving
- § 46.2-852. Reckless driving; general rule
- § 46.2-853. Driving vehicle which is not under control; faulty brakes
- § 46.2-854. Passing on or at the crest of a grade or on a curve
- § 46.2-855. Driving with driver's view obstructed or control impaired
- § 46.2-856. Passing two vehicles abreast
- § 46.2-857. Driving two abreast in a single lane
- § 46.2-858. Passing at a railroad grade crossing
- § 46.2-859. Passing a stopped school bus; prima facie evidence
- § 46.2-860. Failing to give proper signals
- § 46.2-861. Driving too fast for highway and traffic conditions
- § 46.2-862. Exceeding speed limit
- § 46.2-863. Failure to yield right-of-way
- § 46.2-864. Reckless driving on parking lots, etc.
- § 46.2-865. Racing; penalty
- § 46.2-865.1. Injuring another or causing the death of another while engaging in a race; penalties
- § 46.2-866. Racing; aiders or abettors
- § 46.2-867. Racing; seizure of motor vehicle
- § 46.2-868. Reckless driving; penalties
- § 46.2-868.1. Aggressive driving; penalties
- § 46.2-869. Improper driving; penalty
Article 8. Speed
- § 46.2-870. Maximum speed limits generally
- § 46.2-871. Maximum speed limit for school buses
- § 46.2-872. Maximum speed limits for vehicles operating under special permits
- § 46.2-873. Maximum speed limits at school crossings; penalty
- § 46.2-873.1. Maximum speed limit on nonsurface-treated highways
- § 46.2-873.2. Maximum speed limit on rural rustic roads
- § 46.2-874. Maximum speed limit in business and residence districts
- § 46.2-874.1. Exceptions to maximum speed limits in residence districts; penalty
- § 46.2-875. Maximum speed limit on certain other highways in cities and towns
- § 46.2-876. Maximum speed limit for passenger vehicles towing certain trailers
- § 46.2-877. Minimum speed limits
- § 46.2-878. Authority to change speed limits
- § 46.2-878.1. Maximum speed limits in highway work zones; penalty
- § 46.2-878.2. Maximum speed limits in certain residence districts of counties, cities, and towns; penalty
- § 46.2-878.3. Prepayment of fines for violations of speed limits
- § 46.2-879. No conviction for speeding in certain areas unless markers installed
- § 46.2-880. Tables of speed and stopping distances
- § 46.2-881. Special speed limitation on bridges, tunnels and interstates
- § 46.2-882. Determining speed with various devices; certificate as to accuracy of device; arrest without warrant
- § 46.2-883. Signs indicating legal rate of speed and measurement of speed by radar
Article 9. Railroad Crossings
- § 46.2-884. Railroad warning signals must be obeyed
- § 46.2-885. When vehicles to stop at railroad grade crossings
- § 46.2-886. When drivers of certain vehicles to stop, look, and listen at railroad crossings; crossing tracks without shifting gears
- § 46.2-887. Moving crawler-type tractors, steam shovels, derricks, rollers, etc., over railroad grade crossings
Article 10. Stopping on Highways
- § 46.2-888. Stopping on highways; general rule
- § 46.2-889. Location of parked vehicles
- § 46.2-890. Stopping in vicinity of fire or emergency
- § 46.2-891. Exemption for highway construction and maintenance vehicles
- § 46.2-892. Rural mail carriers stopping on highways
- § 46.2-893. Stopping on highways to discharge cargo or passengers; school buses
Article 11. Accidents
- § 46.2-894. Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property; penalty
- § 46.2-895. Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents involving injury, death, or damage to attended property
- § 46.2-896. Duties of driver in event of accident involving damage only to unattended property
- § 46.2-897. Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents involving damage only to unattended property
- § 46.2-898. Reports are in addition to others
- § 46.2-899. Article applies to accidents on private or public property
- § 46.2-900. Penalty for violation of §§ 46.2-895 through 46.2-897
- § 46.2-901. Suspension of driver's license for failure to report certain accidents
- § 46.2-902. Leaving scene of accident when directed to do so by officer
- § 46.2-902.1. Officer may require certain motorists to furnish proof of insurance or payment of fee for registration of an uninsured motor vehicle; penalty
Article 12. Bicycles
- § 46.2-903. Riding or driving vehicles other than bicycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, or electric personal assistive mobility devices on sidewalks
- § 46.2-904. Use of roller skates and skateboards on sidewalks and shared-use paths; operation of bicycles, motorized skateboards or foot-scooters, motor-driven cycles, electric power-assisted bicycles, and electric personal assistive mobility devices on sidewalks and crosswalks and shared-use paths; local ordinances
- § 46.2-905. Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds on roadways and bicycle paths
- § 46.2-906. Carrying articles or passengers on bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds
- § 46.2-906.1. Local ordinances may require riders of bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, and electric power-assisted bicycles to wear helmets
- § 46.2-907. Overtaking and passing vehicles
- § 46.2-908. Registration of bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, and electric power-assisted bicycle serial numbers
- § 46.2-908.1. Electric personal assistive mobility devices, electrically powered toy vehicles, and electric power-assisted bicycles
Article 12.1. Low-Speed Vehicles
- § 46.2-908.2. Low-speed vehicles; required equipment
- § 46.2-908.3. Low-speed vehicles; operation on highways; license required; registration required; safety and emissions inspections not required
Article 13. Motorcycles and Mopeds and All-Terrain Vehicles
- § 46.2-909. Riding on motorcycles, generally
- § 46.2-910. Motorcycle and autocycle operators to wear helmets, etc.; certain sales prohibited; penalty
- § 46.2-911. Repealed
- § 46.2-911.1. Operation of motor-driven cycles on public highways prohibited
- § 46.2-912. Operating motorcycle without headlight, horn or rearview mirror
- § 46.2-913. Vendors of certain motorcycles to furnish statements of registration and licensing requirements
- § 46.2-914. Limitations on operation of mopeds
- § 46.2-915. Stickers required on mopeds
- § 46.2-915.1. All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; penalty
- § 46.2-915.2. Safety equipment for mopeds; effect of violation; penalty
- § 46.2-916. Ordinances providing for the disposition of unregistered or unlicensed motorcycles
Article 13.1. Golf Cart and Utility Vehicle Operation
- § 46.2-916.1. Golf cart and utility vehicle operations on public highways not otherwise designated for such operation
- § 46.2-916.2. Designation of public highways for golf cart and utility vehicle operations
- § 46.2-916.3. Limitations on golf cart and utility vehicle operations on designated public highways
Article 14. School Buses
- § 46.2-917. Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penalty
- § 46.2-917.1. School buses hired to transport children
- § 46.2-917.2. School buses operating under State Corporation Commission or Department certificate
- § 46.2-918. School buses to be routed so as to avoid necessity of pupils' crossing divided highways
- § 46.2-919. Age limit for drivers of school buses
- § 46.2-919.1. Use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving school buses
Article 15. Emergency Vehicles
- § 46.2-920. Certain vehicles exempt from regulations in certain situations; exceptions and additional requirements
- § 46.2-920.1. Operation of tow trucks or vehicles owned or controlled by the Virginia Department of Transportation under certain circumstances; incident management
- § 46.2-920.2. Operation of vehicles owned or controlled by the Wildlife Center of Virginia
- § 46.2-921. Following or parking near fire apparatus or emergency medical services vehicle
- § 46.2-921.1. Drivers to yield right-of-way or reduce speed when approaching stationary emergency vehicles on highways; penalties
- § 46.2-922. Driving over fire hose
Article 16. Pedestrians
- § 46.2-923. How and where pedestrians to cross highways
- § 46.2-924. Drivers to stop for pedestrians; installation of certain signs; penalty
- § 46.2-925. Pedestrian control signals
- § 46.2-926. Pedestrians stepping into highway where they cannot be seen
- § 46.2-927. Boarding or alighting from buses
- § 46.2-928. Pedestrians not to use roadway except when necessary; keeping to left
- § 46.2-929. Pedestrians soliciting rides
- § 46.2-930. Loitering on bridges or highway rights-of-way
- § 46.2-931. Localities may prohibit or regulate distribution of handbills, etc., solicitation of contributions, and sale of merchandise or services on highways within their boundaries or on public roadways and medians
- § 46.2-932. Playing on highways; use of toy vehicle on highways, persons riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, etc., not to attach to vehicles; exception
- § 46.2-932.1. Duty of driver approaching blind pedestrian; effect of failure of blind person to carry white cane or use dog guide
- § 46.2-933. When vehicles to stop for pedestrian guided by dog or carrying white, red-tipped white, or metallic cane
- § 46.2-934. Failure to use cane or guide dog not contributory negligence
- § 46.2-935. Regulation by ordinance in counties, cities, and towns
Article 17. Legal Procedures and Requirements
- § 46.2-936. Arrest for misdemeanor; release on summons and promise to appear; right to demand hearing immediately or within twenty-four hours; issuance of warrant on request of officer for violations of §§ 46.2-301 and 46.2-302; refusal to promise to appear; violations
- § 46.2-937. Traffic infractions treated as misdemeanors for arrest purposes
- § 46.2-938. Issuance of warrant upon failure to comply with summons; penalties; suspension of licenses for failure to appear
- § 46.2-939. Authority of law-enforcement officers to issue subpoenas
- § 46.2-940. When arresting officer shall take person before issuing authority
- § 46.2-941. Conditions precedent to issuance of summons for violation of parking ordinance; notice
- § 46.2-942. Admissibility of results of speedometer test in prosecution for exceeding speed limit
- § 46.2-943. Court or jury may consider defendant's prior traffic record before sentencing
Article 18. Arrest of Nonresidents
- § 46.2-944. Definitions
- § 46.2-945. Issuance of citation to motorist; party jurisdiction; police officer to report noncompliance with citation
- § 46.2-946. Department to transmit officer's report to party jurisdiction; suspension of resident's license for noncompliance with citation issued by party jurisdiction
- § 46.2-947. Violations committed within highway safety corridor; report on benefits
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