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2016 SESSION
16100924DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-803.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-803.1. Commercial motor vehicles limited to use of certain lanes of certain interstate highways; penalty.
Except where the posted speed limit is less than 65 miles per hour, no person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-341.4, on the left-most lane of any interstate highway having more than two lanes in each direction.
Furthermore, within the
Eighth In Planning
District 8 and on Interstate Route 81,
no person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in § 46.2-341.4,
on the left-most lane of any interstate highway having more than two lanes in
each direction, regardless of the posted speed limit. Every commercial motor
vehicle shall keep to the right-most lane when operating at a speed of 15 miles
per hour or more below the posted speed limit on an interstate highway with no
more than two lanes in each direction.
On Interstate 64 in the Counties of Albemarle, Augusta, and Nelson, commercial motor vehicles, as defined in § 46.2-341.4, may travel in the left-most lane except while in the area commonly known as Afton Mountain. The operator of a commercial motor vehicle who travels in the left-most lane while in the area commonly known as Afton Mountain is guilty of reckless driving punishable as provided in subsection A of § 46.2-868 and shall include a mandatory minimum fine of $500.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) buses or school buses or (ii) other commercial vehicles when (a) preparing to exit a highway via a left exit or (b) being used to perform maintenance or construction work on an interstate highway.