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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61953</law_id><section_number>46.2-1081</section_number><catch_line>Slow-moving vehicle emblems</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-678</reference><reference>46.2-842</reference><reference>46.2-916.3</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="10">Miscellaneous Equipment</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Every <span class="dictionary">farm tractor</span>, self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry, and any other <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> designed for operation at speeds not in excess of 25 miles per hour or normally operated at speeds not in excess of 25 miles per hour, shall display a triangular slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem on the rear of the <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> when traveling on a public <span class="dictionary">highway</span> at any time of the day or night. <a id="paragraph-226157" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Should a slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> tow a unit on a public <span class="dictionary">highway</span>, then the towing <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> or the towed unit shall be equipped with the slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem as follows: <a id="paragraph-226158" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the towed unit or any load thereon obscures the slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem on the towing <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, the towed unit shall be equipped with a slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem, in which case the towing <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> need not display such emblem. <a id="paragraph-226159" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem on the towing <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> is not obscured by the towed unit or any load thereon, then either or both such <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> may be equipped with such emblem. <a id="paragraph-226160" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The standards and specifications for the slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem and the position of mounting of the emblem shall conform to standards and specifications adopted by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, the Society of Automotive Engineers, the American National Standards Institute, Inc., or the federal <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Transportation. <a id="paragraph-226161" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The use of the slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem shall be restricted to the uses specified in this title. <a id="paragraph-226162" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The provisions of this section shall not apply to bicycles, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycles</span>, <span class="dictionary">mopeds</span>, or motorized skateboards or scooters. Display of a slow-moving <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> emblem on a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span>, <span class="dictionary">moped</span>, or <span class="dictionary">motorized skateboard or scooter</span> shall not be deemed a violation of this section. <a id="paragraph-226163" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1081/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 301, &#xA7; 46.1-264.1; 1972, c. 146; 1978, c. 605; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 82; 2003, cc. 29, 46; 2019, c. 780.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
