CHAPTER 225

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-209 as amended, of the Code of Vir-
ginia, relating to reckless driving. TH 891

Approved March 12, 1954
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-209 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 46-209. Same; specific instances.—A person shall be guilty of
reckless driving who shall:

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

(2) 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;

(3) 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;

(4) 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 officer;

(5) Fail to stop at a school bus * stopped on the highway for the
purpose of taking on or discharging school children, whether going in the
same or the opposite direction and to remain stopped until all school
children are clear of the highway and the bus is put in motion, provided,
however, that this shall apply only to school buses marked or identified
as provided in the regulations of the State Board of Education;

(6) Fail to give adequate and timely signals of intention to turn,
partly turn, slow down or stop, as required by §§ 46-233 to 46-237;

(7) Exceed a reasonable speed under the circumstances and traffic
conditions existing at the time; or
(8) 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 13 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.