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2005 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1015 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1015. Lights on bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, and mopeds.
A. Every bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility
device, electric power-assisted bicycle, and moped when in use between sunset
and sunrise shall be equipped with a white light headlight on the
front emitting a white light visible in clear weather from a distance of at
least 500 feet to the front and a red reflector visible from a distance of at
least 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of
headlights on a motor vehicle. Such lights and reflector shall be of types
approved by the Superintendent.
In addition to the foregoing provisions of this section, a bicycle or its rider may be equipped with lights or reflectors. These lights may be steady burning or blinking.
B. Every bicycle, or its rider, shall be equipped with a taillight on the rear emitting a red light plainly visible in clear weather from a distance of at least 500 feet to the rear when in use between sunset and sunrise and operating on any highway with a speed limit of 35 mph or greater. Any such taillight shall be of a type approved by the Superintendent.