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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366266</law_id><section_number>46.2-839</section_number><catch_line>Passing bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle</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="6" identifier="4">Passing</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> overtaking a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span>, <span class="dictionary">moped</span>, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass at a reasonable speed at least three feet to the left of the overtaken bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span>, <span class="dictionary">moped</span>, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle and shall not again proceed to the right side of the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> until safely clear of such overtaken bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span>, <span class="dictionary">moped</span>, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle. If the <span class="dictionary">lane</span> of travel is not wide enough to allow the overtaking <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> to pass in the manner required in this section while in the same <span class="dictionary">lane</span> as the overtaken vehicle, the overtaking vehicle shall change <span class="dictionary">lanes</span>.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 585, &#xA7; 46.1-208.1; 1989, c. 727; 1999, c. 999; 2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254; 2004, cc. 947, 973; 2014, c. 358; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 462.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Mann v. Hinton</name><case_number>Record 940545</case_number><citation>457 S.E.2d 22</citation><date>1995-04-21</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1395346/mann-v-hinton/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 457 S.E.2d 22 (1995) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
