Chap. 16.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 112, as heretofore amended, of
Chapter 342 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1932, approved March 26,
1932, and therein designated as the Motor Vehicle Code of Virginia, said sec-
tion, as amended by Chapter 384 of the Acts of 1942, covering the operation of
trailers and towed vehicles. [S B 3]

Approved October 5, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
one hundred and twelve, as heretofore amended, of chapter three hun-
dred and forty-two of the Acts of the General Assembly of nineteen
hundred and thirty-two, approved March twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred
and thirty-two, and therein designated as the Motor Vehicle Code of
Virginia, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 112. Trailers and Towed Vehicles—(a) No motor ve-
hicle shall be driven upon a highway drawing or having attached thereto
more than one motor vehicle; provided, however, in the cities of this
Commonwealth, the councils of the said cities may, in their discretion,
by general ordinance, permit motor vehicles to be driven upon streets of
their respective cities drawing or having attached thereto more than one
other vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer.

(b) The connection between any two vehicles, one of which is
towing or drawing the other on a highway, shall consist of a fifth wheel,
draw bar or other similar device not to exceed ten feet in length from
one vehicle to the other, and such two vehicles shall in addition to such
draw bar or other similar device be equipped at all times when so operated
on the highway with an emergency chain.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Section shall not
apply in case of a bona fide emergency, resulting from a mechanical
breakdown or an accident, when such connection may consist solely of
a chain, rope, or cable, of not over fifteen feet in length between vehicles
provided that a licensed operator shall be at the controls of the towed
vehicle to brake, steer, and control the lights thereof and that there shall
be displayed upon the center of such connection a red flag or cloth not
less than twelve inches both in length and width, or if such emergency
towing is being done at night, in lieu of such red flag or cloth there shall
be displayed a lighted red lamp or lighted lantern.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its
passage.