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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64522</law_id><section_number>46.2-912</section_number><catch_line>Operating motorcycle without headlight, horn or rearview mirror</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="13">Motorcycles and Mopeds and All-Terrain Vehicles</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding any other provision of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> may be operated without headlights, horns, or rearview mirrors on public <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span> if all the following conditions are met: <a id="paragraph-234832" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-912/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> are designed for use in trail riding and endurance runs; <a id="paragraph-234833" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-912/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> are being driven by duly licensed persons; <a id="paragraph-234834" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-912/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> are being operated between sunrise and sunset; and <a id="paragraph-234835" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-912/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> are being operated during endurance runs sanctioned by the American <span class="dictionary">Motorcycle</span> Association. <a id="paragraph-234836" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-912/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person shall operate <span class="dictionary">motorcycles</span> without such equipment on the public <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span> of the Commonwealth other than at the times and under the circumstances set forth in this section. <a id="paragraph-234837" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-912/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1970, c. 300, &#xA7; 46.1-172.01; 1978, c. 605; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
