Bill Text: VA SB264 | 2012 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Following too closely; includes bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, mopeds, etc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-10 - House: Left in Transportation [SB264 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-SB264-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 264 Offered January 11, 2012 Prefiled January 10, 2012 A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-816 of the Code of Virginia, relating to following too closely. ---------- Patron-- Ebbin ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

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.