Virginia

Code of Virginia — Title 46.2, Motor Vehicles

523 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 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 — 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
• § 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
• § 46.2-921.1 — Repealed
• § 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
• § 46.2-944 — Repealed