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Virginia — Title 46.2 · Chapter 8
- § 46.2-800 — Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, or motorized skateboards or scooters; 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; penalty
- § 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; penalty
- § 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
- § 46.2-808.2 — Violations committed within highway safety corridor; report on benefits
- § 46.2-808.3 — Violations committed within highway work zone; 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
- § 46.2-816.1 — Careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users; penalty
- § 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
- § 46.2-818.2 — Use of handheld personal communications devices in certain motor vehicles; exceptions; penalty
- § 46.2-818.3 — Live streaming while driving prohibited; penalty
- § 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; 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
- § 46.2-819.8 — 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 46.2-830.2 — Pedestrians with disabilities; traffic signs
- § 46.2-831 — Unofficial traffic control devices prohibited; penalties
- § 46.2-832 — Damaging or removing traffic control devices, work signs, or street address signs
- § 46.2-833 — Traffic lights; penalty
- § 46.2-833.01 — Expired
- § 46.2-833.1 — Evasion of traffic control devices
- § 46.2-833.2 — Bicycle signals
- § 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
- § 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
- § 46.2-841 — 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; prima facie evidence; penalty
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 46.2-861.1 — Drivers to yield right-of-way or reduce speed when approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights on highways; penalties
- § 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 or exhibition driving; definitions; penalties
- § 46.2-865.1 — Injuring another or causing the death of another while engaging in a race or exhibition driving; penalties
- § 46.2-866 — Racing or exhibition driving; aiders or abettors; penalty
- § 46.2-867 — Racing; seizure of motor vehicle
- § 46.2-867.1 — Exhibition driving; impoundment of motor vehicle
- § 46.2-868 — Reckless driving; penalties
- § 46.2-868.1 — Aggressive driving; penalties
- § 46.2-869 — Improper driving; penalty
- § 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 — Authority to increase penalties in residence districts
- § 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
- § 46.2-878.2:1 — Maximum speed limits on certain roads
- § 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
- § 46.2-882.1 — Use of photo speed monitoring devices, pedestrian crossing violation monitoring systems, and stop sign violation monitoring systems in highway work zones, school crossing zones, high-risk intersection segments, safety red zones, and National Park highways; civil penalty
- § 46.2-882.2 — Damages for an enforcement action undertaken by a locality with willful disregard for applicable law
- § 46.2-883 — Signs indicating legal rate of speed and measurement of speed by radar
- § 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
- § 46.2-888 — Stopping on highways; removing motor vehicle from roadway
- § 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
- § 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; penalty
- § 46.2-903 — Riding or driving vehicles on sidewalks; exceptions
- § 46.2-904 — Use of roller skates and skateboards on sidewalks and shared-use paths; operation of bicycles and certain motorized and electric items and devices on sidewalks, crosswalks, and shared-use paths; local ordinances
- § 46.2-904.1 — Electric power-assisted bicycles
- § 46.2-905 — Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards or scooters, 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, toy vehicles, motorized skateboards or scooters, nonmotorized scooters, 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, electric personal delivery device, and electric power-assisted bicycle serial numbers
- § 46.2-908.1 — Electric personal assistive mobility devices, electrically powered toy vehicles, electric power-assisted bicycles, and motorized skateboards or scooters
- § 46.2-908.1:1 — Personal delivery devices
- § 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
- § 46.2-909 — Riding on motorcycles, generally
- § 46.2-910 — Motorcycle and autocycle operators to wear helmets, etc.; certain sales prohibited; penalty
- § 46.2-911.1 — 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
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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 Department of Transportation under certain circumstances; incident management
- § 46.2-920.1:1 — Portable changeable message signs; certain vehicles
- § 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
- § 46.2-922 — Driving over fire hose
- § 46.2-923 — How and where pedestrians to cross highways
- § 46.2-924 — Drivers to stop for pedestrians; installation of certain signs; penalties
- § 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
- § 46.2-936 — Arrest for misdemeanor; release on summons; right to demand hearing immediately or within 24 hours; issuance of warrant on request of officer for violations of §§ 46.2-301 and 46.2-302; 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
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