CHAPTER 176

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-869, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to the examination of applicants for operator’s and
chauffeur’s licenses.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-369, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted, as follows:

§ 46.1-869. * The Division of Motor Vehicles shall examine every
applicant for an operator’s or chauffeur’s license before issuing any such
license, except as otherwise provided in § 46.1-349; provided, that no
applicant shall be examined or further considered for licensing within
any period of twelve months in which he has been previously examined
three times. The Division shall examine the applicant as to his physical
and mental qualifications and his ability to operate a motor vehicle in
such manner as not to jeopardize the safety of persons or property and
as to whether any facts exist which would bar the issuance of a license
under §§ 46.1-357 through 46.1-362, but such examination shall not in-
clude investigation of any facts other than those directly pertaining to
the ability of the applicant to operate a motor vehicle with safety, or
other than those facts declared to be prerequisite to the issuance of a
license under this chapter and no applicant otherwise competent shall
be required to demonstrate ability to park any motor vehicle except in an
adequate parking space between horizontal markers and not between
flags or sticks simulating parking vehicles. * Applicants for license to
operate motor vehicles of the classifications referred to in § 46.1-873 of
this title and motorcycles shall submit to examinations which relate to
the operation of motor vehicles referred to herein.