Bill Text: VA SB566 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Passing vehicles; any vehicle passing a bicycle, etc., shall pass at least three feet to left.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-14 - House: Left in Transportation [SB566 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-SB566-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 566 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on/for Transportation on January 28, 2010) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Ticer) A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-839 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles passing other vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §46.2-839 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§46.2-839. Passing bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.

Any driver of any vehicle overtaking a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a reasonable speed at least two three feet to the left of the overtaken bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle and shall not again proceed to the right side of the highway until safely clear of such overtaken bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.