Va. Code Ann. tit. 46.2, ch. 8
Va. Code Ann. tit. 46.2, ch. 8
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section46.2-800. Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, or motorized skateboards or scooters; riding or driving animalssection46.2-800.1. Riding animals on highways after sunsetsection46.2-800.2. Operation of off-road recreational vehicles in localities embraced by the Southwest Regional Recreation Authoritysection46.2-800.3. Driving in flooded areas prohibitedsection46.2-801. Chapter applicable to drivers of all vehicles regardless of ownershipsection46.2-802. Drive on right side of highways; penaltysection46.2-803. Keep to the right in crossing intersections or railroadssection46.2-803.1. Commercial motor vehicles limited to use of certain lanes of certain interstate highwayssection46.2-804. Special regulations applicable on highways laned for traffic; penaltysection46.2-805. Lane-use control signalssection46.2-806. One-way roadways and highwayssection46.2-807. Path of travel at circular intersectionssection46.2-808. Commonwealth Transportation Board may prohibit certain uses of controlled access highways; penaltysection46.2-808.1. Use of crossovers on controlled access highways; penaltysection46.2-808.2. Violations committed within highway safety corridor; report on benefitssection46.2-808.3. Violations committed within highway work zone; penaltysection46.2-809. Regulation of truck traffic on primary and secondary highwayssection46.2-809.1. Regulation of residential cut-through traffic by Boardsection46.2-810. Age limits for drivers of public passenger-carrying vehiclessection46.2-810.1. Smoking in vehicle with a minor present; civil penaltysection46.2-811. Coasting prohibitedsection46.2-812. Driving more than thirteen hours in twenty-four prohibitedsection46.2-813. Occupation of trailer being towed on highwayssection46.2-814. Driving through safety zone prohibitedsection46.2-815. Hauling certain cargoes through tunnels in violation of posted signs; penaltysection46.2-816. Following too closelysection46.2-816.1. Careless driving and infliction of injury or death on vulnerable road users; penaltysection46.2-817. Disregarding signal by law-enforcement officer to stop; eluding police; penaltiessection46.2-818. Stopping vehicle of another; blocking access to premises; damaging or threatening commercial vehicle or operator thereof; penaltiessection46.2-818.1. Opening and closing motor vehicle doors; penaltysection46.2-818.2. Use of handheld personal communications devices in certain motor vehicles; exceptions; penaltysection46.2-818.3. Live streaming while driving prohibited; penaltysection46.2-819. Use of toll facility without payment of toll; circumstances to be considered in assessing penaltysection46.2-819.1. Installation and use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with electronic or manual toll facilities; penaltysection46.2-819.2. Driving a motor vehicle from establishment where motor fuel offered for sale; penaltysection46.2-819.3. Use of toll facility without payment of toll; enforcement; penaltysection46.2-819.3:1. Installation and use of video-monitoring system and automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with all-electronic toll facilities; penaltysection46.2-819.4. Smoking in proximity to gas pumps; penaltysection46.2-819.5. Enforcement through use of photo-monitoring system or automatic vehicle identification system in conjunction with usage of Dulles Access Highwaysection46.2-819.6. Invoice for unpaid tollsection46.2-819.7. Repealedsection46.2-819.8. Toll grace periodsection46.2-819.9. Agreements for enforcement of tolling violations against nonresidentssection46.2-819.10. Withholding of vehicle registration for enforcement of out-of-state toll violationssection46.2-820. Right-of-way at uncontrolled intersections, generallysection46.2-821. Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-waysection46.2-822. Right-of-way at circular intersectionssection46.2-823. Unlawful speed forfeits right-of-waysection46.2-824. Right-of-way at uncontrolled "T" intersectionssection46.2-825. Left turn traffic to yield right-of-waysection46.2-826. Stop before entering public highway or sidewalk from private road, etc.; yielding right-of-waysection46.2-827. Right-of-way of United States forces, troops, National Guard, etcsection46.2-828. 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 processionssection46.2-828.1. Impeding or disrupting certain funeral processions; penaltysection46.2-828.2. Impeding or disrupting vehicles operating under a valid highway hauling permitsection46.2-829. Approach of law-enforcement or fire-fighting vehicles, rescue vehicles, or ambulances; violation as failure to yield right-of-waysection46.2-830. Uniform traffic control devices on highways; drivers to obey traffic control devices; enforcement of sectionsection46.2-830.1. Failure to obey highway sign where driver sleeping or restingsection46.2-830.2. Pedestrians with disabilities; traffic signssection46.2-831. Unofficial traffic control devices prohibited; penaltiessection46.2-832. Damaging or removing traffic control devices, work signs, or street address signssection46.2-833. Traffic lights; penaltysection46.2-833.1. Evasion of traffic control devicessection46.2-833.2. Bicycle signalssection46.2-834. Signals by law-enforcement officers, crossing guards, and flaggerssection46.2-835. Right turn on steady red light after stoppingsection46.2-836. Left turn on steady red after stoppingsection46.2-837. Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directionssection46.2-838. Passing when overtaking a vehiclesection46.2-839. Passing bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehiclesection46.2-840. Repealedsection46.2-841. When overtaking vehicle may pass on rightsection46.2-842. Driver to give way to overtaking vehiclesection46.2-842.1. Drivers to give way to certain overtaking vehicles on divided highwayssection46.2-843. Limitations on overtaking and passingsection46.2-844. (Effective until July 1, 2027) Passing stopped school buses; prima facie evidence; penaltysection46.2-845. Limitation on U-turnssection46.2-846. Required position and method of turning at intersections; local regulationssection46.2-847. Left turns by bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopedssection46.2-848. Signals required on backing, stopping, or turningsection46.2-849. How signals givensection46.2-850. Change of course after giving signalsection46.2-851. Signals prior to moving standing vehicles into trafficsection46.2-852. Reckless driving; general rulesection46.2-853. Driving vehicle which is not under control; faulty brakessection46.2-854. Passing on or at the crest of a grade or on a curvesection46.2-855. Driving with driver's view obstructed or control impairedsection46.2-856. Passing two vehicles abreastsection46.2-857. Driving two abreast in a single lanesection46.2-858. Passing at a railroad grade crossingsection46.2-859. Passing a stopped school bus; prima facie evidencesection46.2-860. Failing to give proper signalssection46.2-861. Driving too fast for highway and traffic conditionssection46.2-861.1. Drivers to yield right-of-way or reduce speed when approaching stationary vehicles displaying certain warning lights on highways; penaltiessection46.2-862. Exceeding speed limitsection46.2-863. Failure to yield right-of-waysection46.2-864. Reckless driving on parking lots, etcsection46.2-865. Racing or exhibition driving; definitions; penaltiessection46.2-865.1. Injuring another or causing the death of another while engaging in a race or exhibition driving; penalties.section46.2-866. Racing or exhibition driving; aiders or abettors; penalty.section46.2-867. Racing; seizure of motor vehiclesection46.2-867.1. Exhibition driving; impoundment of motor vehicle.section46.2-868. Reckless driving; penaltiessection46.2-868.1. Aggressive driving; penaltiessection46.2-869. Improper driving; penaltysection46.2-870. Maximum speed limits generallysection46.2-871. Maximum speed limit for school busessection46.2-872. Maximum speed limits for vehicles operating under special permitssection46.2-873. Maximum speed limits at school crossings; penaltysection46.2-873.1. Maximum speed limit on nonsurface-treated highwayssection46.2-873.2. Maximum speed limit on rural rustic roadssection46.2-874. Maximum speed limit in business and residence districtssection46.2-874.1. Authority to increase penalties in residence districtssection46.2-875. Maximum speed limit on certain other highways in cities and townssection46.2-876. Maximum speed limit for passenger vehicles towing certain trailerssection46.2-877. Minimum speed limitssection46.2-878. Authority to change speed limitssection46.2-878.1. Maximum speed limits in highway work zones; penaltysection46.2-878.2. Maximum speed limits in certain residence districts of counties, cities, and towns; penaltysection46.2-878.2:1. Maximum speed limits on certain roadssection46.2-878.3. Prepayment of fines for violations of speed limitssection46.2-879. No conviction for speeding in certain areas unless markers installedsection46.2-880. Tables of speed and stopping distancessection46.2-881. Special speed limitation on bridges, tunnels and interstatessection46.2-882. Determining speed with various devices; certificate as to accuracy of device; arrest without warrantsection46.2-882.1. 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 penaltysection46.2-882.2. Damages for an enforcement action undertaken by a locality with willful disregard for applicable lawsection46.2-883. Signs indicating legal rate of speed and measurement of speed by radarsection46.2-884. Railroad warning signals must be obeyedsection46.2-885. When vehicles to stop at railroad grade crossingssection46.2-886. When drivers of certain vehicles to stop, look, and listen at railroad crossings; crossing tracks without shifting gearssection46.2-887. Moving crawler-type tractors, steam shovels, derricks, rollers, etc., over railroad grade crossingssection46.2-888. Stopping on highways; removing motor vehicle from roadwaysection46.2-889. Location of parked vehiclessection46.2-890. Stopping in vicinity of fire or emergencysection46.2-891. Exemption for highway construction and maintenance vehiclessection46.2-892. Rural mail carriers stopping on highwayssection46.2-893. Stopping on highways to discharge cargo or passengers; school busessection46.2-894. Duty of driver to stop, etc., in event of accident involving injury or death or damage to attended property; penaltysection46.2-895. Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents involving injury, death, or damage to attended propertysection46.2-896. Duties of driver in event of accident involving damage only to unattended propertysection46.2-897. Duty of certain persons accompanying driver to report accidents involving damage only to unattended propertysection46.2-898. Reports are in addition to otherssection46.2-899. Article applies to accidents on private or public propertysection46.2-900. Penalty for violation of §§ 46.2-895 through 46.2-897section46.2-901. Suspension of driver's license for failure to report certain accidentssection46.2-902. Leaving scene of accident when directed to do so by officersection46.2-902.1. Officer may require certain motorists to furnish proof of insurance; penaltysection46.2-903. Riding or driving vehicles on sidewalks; exceptionssection46.2-904. 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 ordinancessection46.2-904.1. Electric power-assisted bicyclessection46.2-905. Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, motorized skateboards or scooters, and mopeds on roadways and bicycle pathssection46.2-906. Carrying articles or passengers on bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopedssection46.2-906.1. 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 helmetssection46.2-907. Overtaking and passing vehiclessection46.2-908. Registration of bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric personal delivery device, and electric power-assisted bicycle serial numberssection46.2-908.1. Electric personal assistive mobility devices, electrically powered toy vehicles, electric power-assisted bicycles, and motorized skateboards or scooterssection46.2-908.1:1. Personal delivery devicessection46.2-908.2. Low-speed vehicles; required equipmentsection46.2-908.3. Low-speed vehicles; operation on highways; license required; registration required; safety and emissions inspections not requiredsection46.2-909. Riding on motorcycles, generallysection46.2-910. Motorcycle and autocycle operators to wear helmets, etc.; certain sales prohibited; penaltysection46.2-911. Repealedsection46.2-911.1. Operation of motor-driven cycles on public highways prohibitedsection46.2-912. Operating motorcycle without headlight, horn or rearview mirrorsection46.2-913. Vendors of certain motorcycles to furnish statements of registration and licensing requirementssection46.2-914. Limitations on operation of mopedssection46.2-915. Stickers required on mopedssection46.2-915.1. All-terrain vehicles and off-road motorcycles; penaltysection46.2-915.2. Safety equipment for mopeds; effect of violation; penaltysection46.2-916. Ordinances providing for the disposition of unregistered or unlicensed motorcyclessection46.2-916.1. Golf cart and utility vehicle operations on public highways not otherwise designated for such operationsection46.2-916.2. Designation of public highways for golf cart and utility vehicle operationssection46.2-916.3. Limitations on golf cart and utility vehicle operations on designated public highwayssection46.2-917. Operation of yellow motor vehicles of certain seating capacity on state highways prohibited; exceptions; penaltysection46.2-917.1. School buses hired to transport childrensection46.2-917.2. School buses operating under State Corporation Commission or Department certificatesection46.2-918. School buses to be routed so as to avoid necessity of pupils' crossing divided highwayssection46.2-919. Age limit for drivers of school busessection46.2-919.1. Use of wireless telecommunications devices by persons driving school busessection46.2-920. Certain vehicles exempt from regulations in certain situations; exceptions and additional requirementssection46.2-920.1. Operation of tow trucks or vehicles owned or controlled by the Department of Transportation under certain circumstances; incident managementsection46.2-920.1:1. Portable changeable message signs; certain vehiclessection46.2-920.2. Operation of vehicles owned or controlled by the Wildlife Center of Virginiasection46.2-921. Following or parking near fire apparatus or emergency medical services vehiclesection46.2-921.1. Repealedsection46.2-922. Driving over fire hosesection46.2-923. How and where pedestrians to cross highwayssection46.2-924. Drivers to stop for pedestrians; installation of certain signs; penaltiessection46.2-925. Pedestrian control signalssection46.2-926. Pedestrians stepping into highway where they cannot be seensection46.2-927. Boarding or alighting from busessection46.2-928. Pedestrians not to use roadway except when necessary; keeping to leftsection46.2-929. Pedestrians soliciting ridessection46.2-930. Loitering on bridges or highway rights-of-waysection46.2-931. 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 medianssection46.2-932. 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; exceptionsection46.2-932.1. Duty of driver approaching blind pedestrian; effect of failure of blind person to carry white cane or use dog guidesection46.2-933. When vehicles to stop for pedestrian guided by dog or carrying white, red-tipped white, or metallic canesection46.2-934. Failure to use cane or guide dog not contributory negligencesection46.2-935. Regulation by ordinance in counties, cities, and townssection46.2-936. 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; violationssection46.2-937. Traffic infractions treated as misdemeanors for arrest purposessection46.2-938. Issuance of warrant upon failure to comply with summons; penalties; suspension of licenses for failure to appearsection46.2-939. Authority of law-enforcement officers to issue subpoenassection46.2-940. When arresting officer shall take person before issuing authoritysection46.2-941. Conditions precedent to issuance of summons for violation of parking ordinance; noticesection46.2-942. Admissibility of results of speedometer test in prosecution for exceeding speed limitsection46.2-943. Court or jury may consider defendant's prior traffic record before sentencingsection46.2-944. Repealedsection46.2-944.1. Repealed
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