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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>364598</law_id><section_number>46.2-1016</section_number><catch_line>Lights on other vehicles; reflectors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="3" identifier="3">Lights and Turn Signals</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>, including animal-drawn <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>, or other mobile equipment not otherwise in this article required to be equipped with specified <span class="dictionary">lights</span> shall carry at least one or more white <span class="dictionary">lights</span> to the front and a red <span class="dictionary">light</span> to the rear visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the front and rear of such <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span>. Such <span class="dictionary">lights</span> may be <span class="dictionary">battery</span>-operated.</p><p>In lieu of or in addition to the <span class="dictionary">lights</span>, a reflector of a type, size, and color approved by the <span class="dictionary">Superintendent</span> may be permanently affixed to the rear and front of any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> described in this section.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46-269, 46-270; 1952, c. 652; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-264; 1989, c. 727; 2023, c. 324.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
