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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73849</law_id><section_number>45.2-916</section_number><catch_line> Equipment operation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="45.2">Mines, Minerals, and Energy</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Coal Mining</unit><unit label="part" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="C">Surface Coal Mines</unit><unit label="chapter" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="9">Requirements Applicable to Surface Coal Mines</unit><unit label="article" level="5" order_by="1" identifier="6">Surface Equipment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Equipment operating speeds, conditions, and characteristics shall be prudent and consistent with the conditions of the roadway, grade, clearance, visibility, and traffic and the type and use of equipment. <a id="paragraph-265536" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-916/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any vehicle that follows another vehicle shall do so at a safe distance; passing shall be limited to areas of adequate clearance and visibility. <a id="paragraph-265537" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-916/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Mobile equipment shall be operated under power control at all times and each mobile equipment operator shall have full control of the equipment while in <span class="dictionary">motion</span>. <a id="paragraph-265538" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-916/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Before starting or moving equipment, an equipment operator shall be certain by signal or other means that all persons are clear. <a id="paragraph-265539" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/45.2-916/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1994, c. 28, &#xA7; 45.1-161.269; 1999, c. 256; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
