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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 733<\/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 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1998, chapter 555<\/a>; in 2000, chapters 60<\/a>, 306<\/a>, and 407<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 809<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":66116,"section_number":"46.2-341.4","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-341.4\/"}],"permalink":{"id":230221,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61088,"identifier":"46.2-803.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1\/46.2-803.1","url":"\/46.2-803.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-803.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/1\/46.2-803.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Commercial motor vehicles limited to use of certain lanes of certain interstate highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-803.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except where the posted speed limit is less than 65 miles per hour, no person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle<\/span>, as defined in \u00a7 46.2-341.4<\/a>, on the left-most lane<\/span> of any interstate highway<\/span> having more than two lanes<\/span> in each direction.\n\t\tFurthermore, within the Eighth Planning District and on Interstate Route 81, no person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle<\/span>, as defined in \u00a7 46.2-341.4<\/a>, on the left-most lane<\/span> of any interstate highway<\/span> having more than two lanes<\/span> in each direction, regardless of the posted speed limit. Every commercial motor vehicle<\/span> shall keep to the right-most lane<\/span> when operating at a speed of 15 miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on an interstate highway<\/span> with no more than two lanes<\/span> in each direction.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) buses or school buses or (ii) other commercial vehicles<\/span> when (a) preparing to exit a highway<\/span> via a left exit or (b) being used to perform maintenance or construction work on an interstate highway<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES LIMITED TO USE OF CERTAIN LANES OF CERTAIN INTERSTATE\nHIGHWAYS (\u00a7 46.2-803.1)\n\nExcept where the posted speed limit is less than 65 miles per hour, no person\nshall drive any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in \u00a7 46.2-341.4, on the\nleft-most lane of any interstate highway having more than two lanes in each\ndirection.\n\t\tFurthermore, within the Eighth Planning District and on Interstate Route 81,\nno person shall drive any commercial motor vehicle, as defined in \u00a7 46.2-341.4,\non the left-most lane of any interstate highway having more than two lanes in\neach direction, regardless of the posted speed limit. Every commercial motor\nvehicle shall keep to the right-most lane when operating at a speed of 15 miles\nper hour or more below the posted speed limit on an interstate highway with no\nmore than two lanes in each direction.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) buses or school buses or\n(ii) other commercial vehicles when (a) preparing to exit a highway via a left\nexit or (b) being used to perform maintenance or construction work on an\ninterstate highway.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 733; 1998, c. 555; 2000, cc. 60, 306, 407; 2004, c. 809.","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}}