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Code · Virginia · Title 45.2 · Chapter 9

Code of Virginia § 45.2-916. Equipment operation.

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A. Equipment operating speeds, conditions, and characteristics shall be prudent and consistent with the conditions of the roadway, grade, clearance, visibility, and traffic and the type and use of equipment.
B. Any vehicle that follows another vehicle shall do so at a safe distance; passing shall be limited to areas of adequate clearance and visibility.
C. Mobile equipment shall be operated under power control at all times and each mobile equipment operator shall have full control of the equipment while in motion.
D. Before starting or moving equipment, an equipment operator shall be certain by signal or other means that all persons are clear.
1994, c. 28 , § 45.1-161.269; 1999, c. 256 ; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387 .
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