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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366207</law_id><section_number>46.2-805</section_number><catch_line>Lane-use control signals</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="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General and Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">lane</span>-use control signals</span> are placed over the individual <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> of a <span class="dictionary">highway</span>, vehicular traffic may travel in any <span class="dictionary">lane</span> over which a green signal is shown, but shall not enter or travel in any <span class="dictionary">lane</span> over which a red signal is shown and shall vacate as soon as possible any <span class="dictionary">lane</span> over which an amber signal is shown. <a id="paragraph-1363926" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-805/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Vehicular traffic shall not enter or travel in a <span class="dictionary">lane</span> over which a one-way or two-way left turn white arrow <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">lane</span>-use control signal</span> is shown, except to make the turning movement indicated by the signal. Such turning traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> and to other traffic using the <span class="dictionary">intersection</span>. <a id="paragraph-1363927" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-805/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1974, c. 347, &#xA7; 46.1-206.1; 1989, c. 727; 2013, cc. 128, 400.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
