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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1987, chapter 346; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2013, chapters 128<\/a> and 400<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79059,"section_number":"46.2-397","catch_line":"Suspension of license for certain violations while transporting explosives, inflammable gas or liquid","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-397\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230731,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79580,"identifier":"46.2-826","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-826","url":"\/46.2-826\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-826\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/2\/46.2-826","dublin_core":{"Title":"Stop before entering public highway or sidewalk from private road, etc.; yielding right-of-way","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-826","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The driver<\/span> of a vehicle<\/span> entering a public highway<\/span> or sidewalk<\/span> from a private road, driveway, alley, or building shall stop immediately before entering such highway<\/span> or sidewalk<\/span> and yield the right-of-way to vehicles<\/span> approaching on such public highway<\/span> and to pedestrians or vehicles<\/span> approaching on such public sidewalk<\/span>.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply at an intersection<\/span> of public and private roads controlled by a traffic control device<\/span>. At any such intersection<\/span>, all movement of traffic into and through the intersection<\/span> shall be controlled by the traffic control device<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTOP BEFORE ENTERING PUBLIC HIGHWAY OR SIDEWALK FROM PRIVATE ROAD, ETC.;\nYIELDING RIGHT-OF-WAY (\u00a7 46.2-826)\n\nThe driver of a vehicle entering a public highway or sidewalk from a private\nroad, driveway, alley, or building shall stop immediately before entering such\nhighway or sidewalk and yield the right-of-way to vehicles approaching on such\npublic highway and to pedestrians or vehicles approaching on such public\nsidewalk.\n\t\tThe provisions of this section shall not apply at an intersection of public\nand private roads controlled by a traffic control device. At any such\nintersection, all movement of traffic into and through the intersection shall be\ncontrolled by the traffic control device.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-240; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-223; 1987, c. 346; 1989, c.\n727; 2013, cc. 128, 400.","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}}