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This law was first created in 1994. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 28<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1999, chapter 256<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224043,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73849,"identifier":"45.2-916","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/6\/45.2-916","url":"\/45.2-916\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-916\/","token":"45.2\/II\/C\/9\/6\/45.2-916","dublin_core":{"Title":" Equipment operation","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-916","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Equipment operating speeds, conditions, and characteristics shall be prudent and consistent with the conditions of the roadway, grade, clearance, visibility, and traffic and the type and use of equipment. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any vehicle that follows another vehicle shall do so at a safe distance; passing shall be limited to areas of adequate clearance and visibility. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Mobile equipment shall be operated under power control at all times and each mobile equipment operator shall have full control of the equipment while in motion<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Before starting or moving equipment, an equipment operator shall be certain by signal or other means that all persons are clear. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n EQUIPMENT OPERATION (\u00a7 45.2-916)\n\nA. Equipment operating speeds, conditions, and characteristics shall be prudent\nand consistent with the conditions of the roadway, grade, clearance, visibility,\nand traffic and the type and use of equipment.\n\nB. Any vehicle that follows another vehicle shall do so at a safe distance;\npassing shall be limited to areas of adequate clearance and visibility.\n\nC. Mobile equipment shall be operated under power control at all times and each\nmobile equipment operator shall have full control of the equipment while in\nmotion.\n\nD. Before starting or moving equipment, an equipment operator shall be certain\nby signal or other means that all persons are clear.\n\nHISTORY: 1994, c. 28, \u00a7 45.1-161.269; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}