                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SIGNALS BY LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, CROSSING GUARDS, AND FLAGGERS (§ 46.2-834)

A. Law-enforcement officers may assume control of traffic at any intersection,
regardless of whether such intersection is controlled by lights, controlled by
other traffic control devices, or uncontrolled. Whenever any law-enforcement
officer so assumes control of traffic, all drivers of vehicles shall obey his
signals.

B. Law-enforcement officers and uniformed school crossing guards may assume
control of traffic otherwise controlled by lights, and in such event, signals by
such officers and uniformed crossing guards shall take precedence over such
traffic control devices.

C. Uniformed school crossing guards may control traffic at any marked school
crossing, whether such crossing is at an intersection or another location.
Uniformed school crossing guards who are supplied by their local school division
with hand-held stop signs shall use such signs whenever controlling traffic as
authorized in this subsection.

D. Whenever an authorized flagger assumes control of vehicular traffic into or
through a temporary traffic control zone using hand-signaling devices or an
automated flagger assistance device, all drivers of vehicles shall obey his
signals.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-203; 1952, c. 671; 1954, c. 381; 1958, c. 541, §
46.1-184; 1964, c. 613; 1966, c. 607; 1970, cc. 515, 736; 1972, cc. 4, 234, 454;
1974, c. 347; 1976, cc. 30, 31; 1977, c. 9; 1978, c. 300; 1981, c. 163; 1989, c.
727; 1994, c. 469; 2001, cc. 56, 71; 2004, c. 575; 2013, cc. 128, 400.