46.2-1086 - Devices for emission of smoke screens, gas projectors or flame throwers; prohibited. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1086. Devices for emission of smoke screens, gas projectors or flamethrowers; prohibited.

It shall be a Class 6 felony to install or to aid or abet in installing, inany manner, in or on any motor vehicle any device, appliance, equipment, orinstrument of any kind, character, or description, or any part of suchdevice, appliance, equipment, or instrument, designed for generating oremitting smoke, thereby creating what is commonly known as a "smokescreen," or of emitting any gas or flame which may be a hindrance orobstruction to traffic. It shall also be a Class 6 felony to knowinglypossess or drive on the highways any motor vehicle so equipped.

Additionally, the driver's license of any person convicted of a violation ofthis section shall be suspended for six months from the date of conviction.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to vehicles used in applyingherbicides, insecticides, or pesticides.

(Code 1950, § 46-309; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-305; 1962, c. 302; 1989, c. 727.)