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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81922</law_id><section_number>46.2-1117.1</section_number><catch_line>Commercial delivery of towaway trailers</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="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="16">Maximum Vehicle Lengths</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> For the purposes of this section:
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Towaway trailer transporter combination</span>&#x201D; means a combination of <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> consisting of a <span class="dictionary">trailer transporting towing unit</span> and two <span class="dictionary">trailers</span> or <span class="dictionary">semitrailers</span> that carry no property and constitute inventory property of a manufacturer, distributor, or dealer of such <span class="dictionary">trailers</span> or <span class="dictionary">semitrailers</span>.
			&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Trailer transporting towing unit</span>&#x201D; means a power unit that is not used to carry property when operating in a <span class="dictionary">towaway trailer transporter combination</span>. <a id="paragraph-293527" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1117.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Vehicles having more than one trailer, etc., attached thereto; exceptions" href="/46.2-1116/">46.2-1116</a> and <a class="law" title="Tractor truck semitrailer combinations operating on certain highways; access to certain facilities" href="/46.2-1117/">46.2-1117</a>, a <span class="dictionary">towaway trailer transporter combination</span> may operate with a length of not more than 82 feet and a <span class="dictionary">gross weight</span> of not more than 26,000 pounds. When operating on a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> other than an interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span>, the <span class="dictionary">operator</span> shall comply with flashing high-intensity amber warning <span class="dictionary">light</span> requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Flashing high-intensity amber warning lights" href="/46.2-1026/">46.2-1026</a> if such combination exceeds 75 feet long. <a id="paragraph-293528" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-1117.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2017, c. 554.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
