SENATE BILL NO. 1075

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Transportation

on ________________)

(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Peake)

A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-1016 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-800.4, relating to lights on other vehicles; animal-drawn vehicles; operation on certain highways.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.2-1016 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-800.4 as follows:

§ 46.2-800.4. Animal-drawn vehicles; operation on certain highways.

Any person operating an animal-drawn vehicle on any highway in the Commonwealth with a speed limit of 55 miles per hour or more shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.

§ 46.2-1016. Lights on other vehicles; reflectors.

All vehicles, including animal-drawn vehicles, or other mobile equipment not otherwise in this article required to be equipped with specified lights shall carry at least one or more white lights to the front and a red light to the rear visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the front and rear of such vehicles. Such lights may be battery-operated and shall be of a type approved by the Superintendent.

In lieu of or in addition to the such lights, a reflector of a type, size, and color approved by the Superintendent may shall be permanently affixed to the rear and front of any vehicle described in this section. Such reflector shall be visible in clear weather from a distance of not less than 500 feet.