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2000 SESSION


CHAPTER 63
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1014 of the Code of Virginia, relating to motor vehicle brake lights.
[H 432]
Approved March 9, 2000

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1014 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1014. Brake lights.

Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, except an antique vehicle not originally equipped with a brake light, registered in the Commonwealth and operated on the highways in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with at least one brake light of a type approved by the Superintendent. Such brake lights shall automatically exhibit a red or amber light plainly visible in clear weather from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of such vehicle when the brake is applied.

Motorcycles may be equipped with one or more auxiliary brake lights of a type approved by the Superintendent. The Superintendent may by regulation prescribe or limit the size, number, location, and configuration of such auxiliary brake lights.