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§ 46.2-341.20. Disqualification for multiple serious traffic violations.
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For the purposes of this section, the following offenses, if committed in a commercial motor vehicle, are serious traffic violations: |
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Driving at a speed fifteen or more miles per hour in excess of the posted speed limits; |
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Reckless driving; |
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A violation of a state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control arising in connection with a fatal traffic accident; |
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Improper or erratic traffic lane change; and |
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Following the vehicle ahead too closely. |
For the purposes of this section, parking, vehicle weight, and vehicle defect violations shall not be considered traffic violations. |
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The Department shall disqualify for the following periods of time, any person whose record as maintained by the Department shows that he has committed, within any three-year period, the requisite number of serious traffic violations: |
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A sixty-day disqualification period for any person convicted of two serious traffic violations; or |
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A 120-day disqualification period for any person convicted of three serious traffic violations. |
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Any disqualification period imposed pursuant to this section shall run consecutively, and not concurrently, with any other disqualification period imposed hereunder. |
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Only offenses committed on or after January 1, 1990, shall be subject to the provisions of this section. |
(1989, c. 705, § 46.1-372.19; 1990, c. 218.)
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