{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-808.3","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 46.2-808.3","heading":"Violations committed within highway work zone; penalty","body":"Operation of any motor vehicle in a manner constituting a moving violation of any provision of this chapter in a highway work zone, as defined in § 46.2-878.1, when workers are present and when such highway work zone is indicated by appropriately placed signs shall be unlawful and shall constitute a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not less than $300 for the first offense and not less than $500 for any subsequent offense. However, if any such subsequent offense occurs within the same 12-month period as any other moving violation of any provision of this chapter while operating a motor vehicle in a highway work zone, as defined in § 46.2-878.1, such fine shall be not less than $750.A prosecution or proceeding under § 46.2-878.1 is a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under this section for the same act, and a prosecution or proceeding under this section is a bar to a prosecution or proceeding under § 46.2-878.1 for the same act.Nothing in this section shall preclude the prosecution or conviction for reckless driving of any motor vehicle operator whose operation of any motor vehicle in a highway work zone demonstrates a reckless disregard for life, limb, or property.2024, c. 138.","path":["Title 46.2. Motor Vehicles","Subtitle III. Operation","Chapter 8. Regulation of Traffic","Article 1. General and Miscellaneous"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/46.2-808.3/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:39Z","sha256":"1dc9679d2c7ebc4bc7319b0f762b1119d2ba399f392cadda57885093ca4c1d06","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-808.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-46.2-809"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}