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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 295 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. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230197,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77773,"identifier":"46.2-800.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1\/46.2-800.1","url":"\/46.2-800.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-800.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1\/46.2-800.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Riding animals on highways after sunset","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-800.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No person riding upon any animal on a <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> between sunset and sunrise shall ride the animal on the <span class=\"dictionary\">roadway<\/span> unless the rider: <a id=\"paragraph-278926\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Wears a hat made of or coated with reflectorized <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-278927\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Wears upper body clothing made of or coated with reflectorized <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> visible from 360&#xB0;; or <a id=\"paragraph-278928\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Displays at least 100 square inches of solid reflectorized <span class=\"dictionary\">material<\/span> at <span class=\"dictionary\">shoulder<\/span> level visible from 360&#xB0;; or <a id=\"paragraph-278929\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Carries a <span class=\"dictionary\">light<\/span> visible in clear weather from a distance of 500 feet. <a id=\"paragraph-278930\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> The requirements of subsection A of this section shall only apply to the riders of the first and last animals in a group riding one behind the other. <a id=\"paragraph-278931\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A violation of this section shall not be construed as <span class=\"dictionary\">negligence<\/span> per se in any <span class=\"dictionary\">civil action<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-278932\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-800.1\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRIDING ANIMALS ON HIGHWAYS AFTER SUNSET (\u00a7 46.2-800.1)\n\nA. No person riding upon any animal on a highway between sunset and sunrise\nshall ride the animal on the roadway unless the rider:\n\n   1. Wears a hat made of or coated with reflectorized material; or\n\n   2. Wears upper body clothing made of or coated with reflectorized material\n   visible from 360&#xB0;; or\n\n   3. Displays at least 100 square inches of solid reflectorized material at\n   shoulder level visible from 360&#xB0;; or\n\n   4. Carries a light visible in clear weather from a distance of 500 feet.\n\nB. The requirements of subsection A of this section shall only apply to the\nriders of the first and last animals in a group riding one behind the other.\n\nC. A violation of this section shall not be construed as negligence per se in\nany civil action.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 295, \u00a7 46.1-171.01.","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}}