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All four turn signals may be flashed simultaneously on a vehicle slowed or stopped at the scene of a traffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less. Except for vehicles traveling as part of a funeral procession, all four turn signals shall not be flashed simultaneously while the vehicle is traveling faster than thirty miles per hour.\n\nSchool buses shall flash all four turn signals when approaching and stopping at railroad grade crossings.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1358516,"text":"Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers, when temporarily stopped on the traveled or paved portion of the highway so as to create a traffic hazard, shall flash all four turn signals simultaneously to signal approaching motorists of the existing hazard whenever such vehicle is equipped with a device which will cause the four turn signals to flash simultaneously. All four turn signals may be flashed simultaneously on a vehicle slowed or stopped at the scene of a traffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less. 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It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1958, chapter 541; in 1962, chapter 89; in 1968, chapter 99; in 1972, chapter 445; in 1974, chapter 347; in 1979, chapter 44; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0359\">359<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1456561,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364631,"identifier":"46.2-1040","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/3\/46.2-1040","url":"\/46.2-1040\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1040\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/3\/46.2-1040","dublin_core":{"Title":"Hazard lights","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1040","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p><span class=\"dictionary\">Motor vehicles<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trailers<\/span>, and <span class=\"dictionary\">semitrailers<\/span>, when temporarily stopped on the traveled or paved portion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span> so as to create a traffic hazard, shall flash all four turn signals simultaneously to signal approaching motorists of the existing hazard whenever such <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> is equipped with a device which will cause the four turn signals to flash simultaneously. All four turn signals may be flashed simultaneously on a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> slowed or stopped at the scene of a traffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when traveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less. Except for vehicles traveling as part of a funeral procession, all four turn signals shall not be flashed simultaneously while the <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> is traveling faster than thirty miles per hour.<\/p><p>School buses shall flash all four turn signals when approaching and stopping at railroad grade crossings.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHAZARD LIGHTS (\u00a7 46.2-1040)\n\nMotor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers, when temporarily stopped on the\ntraveled or paved portion of the highway so as to create a traffic hazard, shall\nflash all four turn signals simultaneously to signal approaching motorists of\nthe existing hazard whenever such vehicle is equipped with a device which will\ncause the four turn signals to flash simultaneously. All four turn signals may\nbe flashed simultaneously on a vehicle slowed or stopped at the scene of a\ntraffic hazard, when traveling as part of a funeral procession, or when\ntraveling at a speed of thirty miles per hour or less. Except for vehicles\ntraveling as part of a funeral procession, all four turn signals shall not be\nflashed simultaneously while the vehicle is traveling faster than thirty miles\nper hour.\n\nSchool buses shall flash all four turn signals when approaching and stopping at\nrailroad grade crossings.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-303; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-299; 1962, c. 89; 1968, c.\n99; 1972, c. 445; 1974, c. 347; 1979, c. 44; 1989, c. 727; 2001, c. 359.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}