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It has been modified 2 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 1989, chapter 727.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79548,"section_number":"46.2-802","catch_line":"Drive on right side of highways; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-802\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230803,"object_type":"law","relational_id":66732,"identifier":"46.2-837","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/4\/46.2-837","url":"\/46.2-837\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-837\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/4\/46.2-837","dublin_core":{"Title":"Passing vehicles proceeding in opposite directions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-837","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Drivers<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> proceeding in opposite directions on <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> not marked to indicate <span class=\"dictionary\">traffic lanes<\/span> shall pass each other to the right, each giving to the other, as nearly as possible, one-half of the main traveled portion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">roadway<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPASSING VEHICLES PROCEEDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS (\u00a7 46.2-837)\n\nDrivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions on highways not marked to\nindicate traffic lanes shall pass each other to the right, each giving to the\nother, as nearly as possible, one-half of the main traveled portion of the\nroadway.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-223; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-207; 1989, c. 727.","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}}