46.2-1013 - Tail lights. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1013. Tail lights.

Every motor vehicle and every trailer or semitrailer being drawn at the endof one or more other vehicles shall carry at the rear two red lights plainlyvisible in clear weather from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of suchvehicle. Such tail lights shall be constructed and so mounted in theirrelation to the rear license plate as to illuminate the license plate with awhite light so that the same may be read from a distance of 50 feet to therear of such vehicle. Alternatively, a separate white light shall be somounted as to illuminate the rear license plate from a distance of 50 feet tothe rear of such vehicle. Any such tail lights or special white light shallbe of a type approved by the Superintendent.

In any instance where the tail light is to be installed on a boat trailer andthe boat extends beyond the end of the trailer or to the end of the trailer,an approved portable light assembly or assemblies may be attached to theexposed rear of the boat, provided such installation complies with thevisibility requirements of this section. The provisions of this section shallnot apply to motorcycles.

(Code 1950, § 46-267; 1952, c. 652; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-262; 1964, c. 16;1989, c. 727; 2003, c. 964.)