46.2-1014 - Brake lights. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1014. Brake lights.

Every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer, except an antique vehicle notoriginally equipped with a brake light, registered in the Commonwealth andoperated on the highways in the Commonwealth shall be equipped with at leasttwo brake lights of a type approved by the Superintendent. Such brake lightsshall automatically exhibit a red or amber light plainly visible in clearweather from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of such vehicle when thebrake is applied.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to motorcycles equipped withbrake lights as required by § 46.2-1012.

(1970, c. 17, § 46.1-262.1; 1972, c. 6; 1989, c. 727; 2000, cc. 54, 63; 2003,c. 964.)