46.2-1082 - Mirrors. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1082. Mirrors.

No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway in the Commonwealth if thevehicle is not equipped with a mirror which reflects to the driver a view ofthe highway for a distance of not less than 200 feet to the rear of suchvehicle.

No motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth, designed and licensedprimarily for passenger vehicular transportation on the public highways andmanufactured after 1968 shall be driven on the highways in the Commonwealthunless equipped with at least one outside and at least one inside rear viewmirror meeting the requirements of this section.

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, no motor vehicle whicheither has no rear window, or which has a rear window so obstructed as toprevent rearward vision by means of an inside rear view mirror, shall berequired to be equipped with an inside rear view mirror if such motor vehiclehas horizontally and vertically adjustable outside rear view mirrorsinstalled on both sides of such motor vehicle in such a manner as to providethe driver of such motor vehicle a rearward view along both sides of suchmotor vehicle for at least 200 feet.

(Code 1950, § 46-294; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-289; 1968, c. 730; 1980, c. 13;1989, c. 727.)