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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71912</law_id><section_number>46.2-823</section_number><catch_line>Unlawful speed forfeits right-of-way</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-397</reference><reference>46.2-492</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 any <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> traveling at an unlawful speed shall forfeit any right-of-way which he might otherwise have under this article.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-238; 1952, c. 666; 1956, c. 533; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-221; 1985, c. 218; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
