CHAPTER 686

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
46-209.2, to prohibit racing on the highways and to provide penalties
for violation.

(H 730]

Approved March 31, 1956

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
46-209.2 as follows:

§ 46-209.2. Any person who shall engage in a race between two or
more motor vehicles on the highways of this State shall be guilty of
reckless driving. When any person shall be convicted of reckless driving
under this section, then in addition to any other penalties provided by
law, the operator’s or chauffeur’s license of such person shall be suspended
by the court or judge for a period of not less than six months nor more
than two years. In case of conviction the court or judge shall order the
surrender of the license to the court where iti shall disposed of in
accordance with the provisions of § 46-195.1.