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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366282</law_id><section_number>46.2-854</section_number><catch_line>Passing on or at the crest of a grade or on a curve</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="9" identifier="7">Reckless Driving and Improper Driving</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A person shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> who, while driving a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, overtakes and passes another <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> proceeding in the same direction, on or approaching the crest of a grade or on or approaching a curve in the <span class="dictionary">highway</span>, where the <span class="dictionary">driver</span>&#x2019;s view along the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> is obstructed, except where the overtaking <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> is being operated on a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> having two or more designated <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> of <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> for each direction of travel or on a designated one-way <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> or <span class="dictionary">highway</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46-209, 46-209.1; 1950, p. 880; 1952, c. 671; 1954, cc. 225, 401, 458; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-190; 1960, c. 510; 1964, c. 266; 1966, c. 694; 1968, c. 575; 1970, c. 521; 1974, cc. 222, 455; 1975, c. 633; 1978, c. 27; 1979, c. 86; 1981, cc. 333, 585; 1985, c. 148; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
