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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72938</law_id><section_number>46.2-821</section_number><catch_line>Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-868.1</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="2">Right-Of-Way</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> approaching an <span class="dictionary">intersection</span> on a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> controlled by a stop sign shall, immediately before entering such <span class="dictionary">intersection</span>, stop at a clearly marked stop line, or, in the absence of a stop line, stop before entering the <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> on the near side of the <span class="dictionary">intersection</span>, or, in the absence of a marked <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span>, stop at the point nearest the intersecting <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> where the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting <span class="dictionary">roadway</span>. Before proceeding, he shall yield the right-of-way to the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> approaching on such other <span class="dictionary">highway</span> from either direction.
		Where a &#x201C;Yield Right-of-Way&#x201D; sign is posted, the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> approaching or entering such <span class="dictionary">intersection</span> shall slow down to a speed reasonable for the existing conditions, yield the right-of-way to the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of another <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> approaching or entering such <span class="dictionary">intersection</span> from another direction, and, if required for safety, shall stop at a clearly marked stop or yield line, or, in the absence of a stop or yield line, stop before entering the <span class="dictionary">crosswalk</span> on the near side of the intersecting <span class="dictionary">roadway</span> where the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting <span class="dictionary">roadway</span>, and shall yield the right-of-way to the <span class="dictionary">driver</span> of any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> approaching on such other <span class="dictionary">highway</span> from either direction.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46-238, 46-255; 1952, c. 666; 1954, c. 137; 1956, c. 533; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46.1-221, 46.1-247; 1972, c. 489; 1974, c. 347; 1976, c. 314; 1985, c. 218; 1989, c. 727; 2013, cc. 128, 400.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
