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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61088</law_id><section_number>46.2-803.1</section_number><catch_line>Commercial motor vehicles limited to use of certain lanes of certain interstate highways</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="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">General and Miscellaneous</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Except where the posted speed limit is less than 65 miles per hour, no person shall drive any commercial <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-341.4/">46.2-341.4</a>, on the left-most <span class="dictionary">lane</span> of any interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> having more than two <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> in each direction.
		Furthermore, within the Eighth Planning District and on Interstate Route 81, no person shall drive any commercial <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span>, as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/46.2-341.4/">46.2-341.4</a>, on the left-most <span class="dictionary">lane</span> of any interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> having more than two <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> in each direction, regardless of the posted speed limit. Every commercial <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> shall keep to the right-most <span class="dictionary">lane</span> when operating at a speed of 15 miles per hour or more below the posted speed limit on an interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span> with no more than two <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> in each direction.
		The provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) buses or school buses or (ii) other commercial <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> when (a) preparing to exit a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> via a left exit or (b) being used to perform maintenance or construction work on an interstate <span class="dictionary">highway</span>.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 733; 1998, c. 555; 2000, cc. 60, 306, 407; 2004, c. 809.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
