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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 117 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 1993 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":[{"id":64733,"section_number":"46.2-868.1","catch_line":"Aggressive driving; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-868.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230785,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82198,"identifier":"46.2-833.1","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/3\/46.2-833.1","url":"\/46.2-833.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-833.1\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/3\/46.2-833.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Evasion of traffic control devices","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-833.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>It shall be unlawful for the <span class=\"dictionary\">driver<\/span> of any <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> to drive off the <span class=\"dictionary\">roadway<\/span> and onto or across any public or private property in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> to evade any stop sign, yield sign, traffic <span class=\"dictionary\">light<\/span>, or other <span class=\"dictionary\">traffic control device<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEVASION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (\u00a7 46.2-833.1)\n\nIt shall be unlawful for the driver of any motor vehicle to drive off the\nroadway and onto or across any public or private property in order to evade any\nstop sign, yield sign, traffic light, or other traffic control device.\n\nHISTORY: 1993, c. 117.","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}}