CODE OF VIRGINIA

DRIVING MORE THAN THIRTEEN HOURS IN TWENTY-FOUR PROHIBITED (§ 46.2-812)

No person shall drive any motor vehicle on the highways of the Commonwealth for
more than thirteen hours in any period of twenty-four hours or for a period
which, when added to the time such person may have driven in any other state,
would make an aggregate of more than thirteen hours in any twenty-four-hour
period.  The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to the
operation of motor vehicles used in snow or ice control or removal operations or
similar emergency situations.No person shall drive any motor vehicle on the
highways of the Commonwealth for more than thirteen hours in any period of
twenty-four hours or for a period which, when added to the time such person may
have driven in any other state, would make an aggregate of more than thirteen
hours in any twenty-four-hour period.  The provisions of this section, however,
shall not apply to the operation of motor vehicles used in snow or ice control
or removal operations or similar emergency situations.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-218; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-200; 1989, c. 727.