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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366380</law_id><section_number>46.2-921</section_number><catch_line>Following or parking near fire apparatus or emergency medical services 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="19" identifier="15">Emergency Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be unlawful, in any county, city, or town for the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, other than one on official business, to follow any fire apparatus or emergency medical services <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> traveling in response to a fire alarm or emergency call at any distance closer than 500 feet to such apparatus or emergency medical services <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> or to park such <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> within 500 feet of where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-242; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-227; 1981, c. 394; 1989, c. 727; 2015, cc. 502, 503.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
