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2024 SESSION


CHAPTER 361
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-1105 of the Code of Virginia, relating to maximum width of vehicles; school buses.
[S 572]
Approved April 2, 2024

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1105 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-1105. Width of vehicles generally; exceptions.

A. No vehicle, including any load thereon, but excluding the mirror required by § 46.2-1082 and any warning device installed on a school bus pursuant to § 46.2-1090, shall exceed a total outside width as follows:

1. Passenger bus operated in an incorporated city or town when authorized under § 46.2-1300 -- 102 inches;

2. School buses -- 100 inches;

3. Vehicles hauling boats or other watercraft -- 102 inches;

4. Other vehicles -- of 102 inches.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A, a travel trailer as defined in § 46.2-1500 or a motor home may exceed 102 inches if such excess width is attributable to an appurtenance that extends no more than six inches beyond the body of the vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, "appurtenance" includes (i) an awning and its support hardware and (ii) any appendage that is installed by the manufacturer or dealer intended to be an integral part of a motor home or travel trailer, but does not include any item that is temporarily attached to the exterior of the vehicle by the vehicle's owner for the purposes of transporting the item from one location to another.