Virginia § 46.2-805 - Lane-use control signals
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 46.2-805 — Lane-use control signals, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.2-805. Lane-use control signals
A. When lane-use control signals are placed over the individual lanes of a highway, vehicular traffic may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown, but shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown and shall vacate as soon as possible any lane over which an amber signal is shown.
B. Vehicular traffic shall not enter or travel in a lane over which a one-way or two-way left turn white arrow lane-use control signal is shown, except to make the turning movement indicated by the signal. Such turning traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within a crosswalk and to other traffic using the intersection.
1974, c. 347, § 46.1-206.1; 1989, c. 727; 2013, cc. 128, 400.
Source: official Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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