Bill Text: VA HB1342 | 2015 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Driver of motor vehicle following too closely; includes non-motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-03-16 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0188) [HB1342 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2015-HB1342-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 188
An Act to amend and reenact §46.2-816 of the Code of Virginia, relating to drivers following too closely.
[H 1342]
Approved March 16, 2015

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §46.2-816 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§46.2-816. Following too closely.

The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard to the speed of both vehicles and the traffic on, and conditions of, the highway at the time.

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