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This law was first created in 1981. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 585 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1981 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 2001, chapter 834<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 254<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 585<\/a> and 646<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":366274,"section_number":"46.2-846","catch_line":"Required position and method of turning at intersections; local regulations","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-846\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1457851,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366275,"identifier":"46.2-847","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/5\/46.2-847","url":"\/46.2-847\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-847\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/5\/46.2-847","dublin_core":{"Title":"Left turns by bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-847","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device<\/span>, electric power-assisted bicycle<\/span>, or moped<\/span> and intending to turn left shall either follow a course described in \u00a7 46.2-846<\/a> or make the turn as provided in this section.<\/p>

A person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device<\/span>, electric power-assisted bicycle<\/span>, or moped<\/span> and intending to turn left shall approach the turn as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway<\/span>. After proceeding across the intersecting roadway<\/span>, the rider shall comply with traffic signs or signals and continue his turn as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway<\/span> being entered.<\/p>

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the Commissioner<\/span> of Highways<\/span> and local authorities, in their respective jurisdictions<\/span>, may cause official traffic control devices<\/span> to be placed at intersections<\/span> to direct that a specific course be traveled by turning bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices<\/span>, electric power-assisted bicycles<\/span>, and mopeds<\/span>. When such devices are so placed, no person shall turn a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device<\/span>, electric power-assisted bicycle<\/span>, or moped<\/span> other than as directed by such devices.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLEFT TURNS BY BICYCLES, ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES, ELECTRIC\nPOWER-ASSISTED BICYCLES, AND MOPEDS (\u00a7 46.2-847)\n\nA person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric\npower-assisted bicycle, or moped and intending to turn left shall either follow\na course described in \u00a7 46.2-846 or make the turn as provided in this section.\n\nA person riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric\npower-assisted bicycle, or moped and intending to turn left shall approach the\nturn as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway. After\nproceeding across the intersecting roadway, the rider shall comply with traffic\nsigns or signals and continue his turn as close as practicable to the right curb\nor edge of the roadway being entered.\n\nNotwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the Commissioner of\nHighways and local authorities, in their respective jurisdictions, may cause\nofficial traffic control devices to be placed at intersections to direct that a\nspecific course be traveled by turning bicycles, electric personal assistive\nmobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds. When such\ndevices are so placed, no person shall turn a bicycle, electric personal\nassistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, or moped other than\nas directed by such devices.\n\nHISTORY: 1981, c. 585, \u00a7 46.1-215.1; 1989, c. 727; 2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254;\n2013, cc. 585, 646.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}