CHAPTER 575

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-190, as severally amended, of the
Code of Virginia, concerning specific instances of reckless driving and
penalties therefor; and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a
section numbered 46.1-191.1, relating to misdemeanor of aiding or
abetting in certain instances of reckless driving. rH 162]

Approved April 4, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 46.1-190 and 46.1-191, as severally amended, of the Code of
Virginia be amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.1-190. A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who shall:

(a) Drive a vehicle when not under proper control or with inade-
quate or improperly adjusted brakes upon any highway of this State;

(b) While driving a vehicle, overtake and pass another vehicle pro-
ceeding in the same direction, upon or approaching the crest of a grade
or upon or approaching a curve in the highway, where the driver’s view
along the highway is obstructed, except where the overtaking vehicle is
being operated on a highway having two or more designated lanes of
roadway for each direction of travel or on a designated one-way street
or highway;

(c) Drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the
front seat such number of persons, as to obstruct the view of the driver
to the front or sides of the vehicle or to interfere with the driver’s con-
trol over the driving mechanism of the vehicle;

(d) Pass or attempt to pass two other vehicles abreast, moving in the
same direction, except on highways having separate roadways of three
or more lanes for each direction of travel, or on designated one-way
streets or highways;
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(d1) Drive any motor vehicle, including any motorcycle, so as to be
an and parallel to another vehicle in a lane designed for one vehicle, or
drive any motor vehicle, including any motorcycle, so as to travel parallel
to any other vehicle travelling in a lane designed for one vehicle; pro-
vided, however, this subsection shall not apply to any validly authorized
parade, motorcade or motorcycle escort.

(e) Overtake or pass any other vehicle proceeding in the same direc-
tion at any steam, diesel or electric railway grade crossing or at any
intersection of highways unless such vehicles are being operated on a
highway having two or more designated lanes of roadway for each
direction of travel or on a designated one-way street or highway, or
while pedestrians are passing or about to pass in front of either of such
vehicles, unless permitted so to do by a traffic light or police officers;

(f) Fail to stop at a school bus whether publicly or privately owned
and whether transporting children to, from, or in connection with a public
or private school stopped on the highway for the purpose of taking on
or discharging school children, when approaching the same from any
direction and to remain stopped until all school children are clear of the
highway and the bus is put in motion, or fail to stop at a school bus,
whether publicly or privately owned and whether transporting children
to, from or in connection with a public or private school, stopped on the
roadway of a school for the purpose of taking on or discharging school
children, when approaching the same from any direction on the roadway
of such school and to remain stopped until all school children are clear
of the roadway, provided, however, that this shall apply only to school
buses which are painted yellow with the words “School Bus, Stop, State
Law” printed in black letters six inches high on the front and rear
thereof. If space is limited on the front, the words “School Bus” may be
in letters four inches high;

(g) Fail to give adequate and timely signals of intention to turn,

partly turn, slow down or stop, as required by §§ 46.1-216 through
1-220;

(h) Exceed a reasonable speed under the circumstances and traffic
conditions existing at the time regardless of any posted speed limit;

(i) Drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this State at a speed
of twenty or more miles per hour in excess of the applicable maximum
speed limits prescribed in § 46.1-193, paragraphs (1) (a) (b) (c) (e) of
this title, or in excess of eighty miles per hour regardless of the posted
speed limit;

(j) Fail to bring his vehicle to a stop immediately before entering
a highway from a side road when there is traffic approaching upon such
highway within five hundred feet of such point of entrance, unless a
“Yield Right-of-Way” sign is posted; or where such sign is posted, fail,
upon entering such highway, to yield the right-of-way to the driver of a
vehicle approaching on such highway from either direction; or

(k) Drive or operate any automobile or other motor vehicle upon
any driveway or premises of a church, or school, or of any recreational
facilities or of any business property open to the public, or upon any
highway under construction or not yet open to the public, recklessly or
at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb or property
of any person.

2. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46.1-191.1, as follows:

§ 46.1-191.1. Any person, although not engaged in a race as definec
in § 46.1-191, who aids or abets any such race, shall be guilty of «
misdemeanor.