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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54028</law_id><section_number>46.2-800</section_number><catch_line>Riding bicycles, electric personal assistive mobility devices, electric power-assisted bicycles, mopeds, or motorized skateboards or scooters; riding or driving animals</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1512.5</reference><reference>46.2-100</reference><reference>46.2-1314</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="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General and Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every person riding a bicycle, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility device</span>, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycle</span>, <span class="dictionary">moped</span>, <span class="dictionary">motorized skateboard or scooter</span>, or animal or driving an animal on a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span>, unless the context of the provision clearly indicates otherwise.
		The provisions of subsections A and C of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Certain vehicles exempt from regulations in certain situations; exceptions and additional requirements" href="/46.2-920/">46.2-920</a> applicable to operation of emergency <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> under emergency conditions shall also apply, <span class="dictionary">mutatis mutandis</span>, to bicycles, <span class="dictionary">electric personal assistive mobility devices</span>, <span class="dictionary">electric power-assisted bicycles</span>, <span class="dictionary">mopeds</span>, and motorized skateboards or scooters operated under similar emergency conditions by <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officers</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-183; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-171; 1980, c. 456; 1981, c. 585; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 176; 2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254; 2019, c. 780.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
