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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366303</law_id><section_number>46.2-871</section_number><catch_line>Maximum speed limit for school buses</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="8">Speed</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The maximum speed limit for school buses shall be 45 miles per hour or the minimum speed allowable, whichever is greater, on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> where the maximum speed limit is 55 miles per hour or less, and 60 miles per hour on all interstate <span class="dictionary">highways</span> and on other <span class="dictionary">highways</span> where the maximum speed limit is more than 55 miles per hour.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-212; 1950, p. 881; 1952, c. 666; 1954, c. 244; 1956, c. 364; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-193; 1960, c. 153; 1962, c. 307; 1964, cc. 118, 408; 1966, c. 85; 1968, c. 641; 1972, cc. 89, 546, 553, 608; 1974, c. 528; 1977, c. 577; 1978, c. 605; 1980, c. 347; 1989, c. 727; 1993, c. 278; 1994, c. 676; 1999, c. 166; 2006, c. 416; 2007, c. 98.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
