Fairfax Driving Too Slowly Charge

July 7, 2015 by Jean Humbrecht
Fairfax driving too slowly charge

A Fairfax Driving Too Slowly Charge is Punished with a Fine and DMV Points

Everyone knows that speeding in Fairfax is a traffic infraction.  It is punished with a fine and DMV points.  However, most people are surprised to learn that driving too slowly is also a traffic infraction in Fairfax.  For information on a Fairfax Driving Too Slowly charge, read the post below.

Driving Too Slowly in Fairfax

A Fairfax Driving Too Slowly charge (Va. Code §46.2-877) prohibits driving so slowly that the driver impedes the normal and reasonable flow of traffic.  The statute does not apply to driving slowly in dangerous conditions.

Penalties for Fairfax Driving Too Slowly Charge

A Fairfax Driving Too Slowly charge is Punished with a fine and DMV points.  The driver can pre-pay the fine and avoid having to go to court.  However, pre-paying the fine for a Fairfax Driving Too Slowly charge is an admission of guilt and will result in a conviction for a traffic infraction on the offender’s driving record for 5 years.  It will also result in 3 DMV demerit points, regardless of whether the driver pre-pays the fine or is convicted in court.

Fairfax Driving Too Slowly Charge

§46.2-877. Minimum speed limits.

No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.Whenever the Commissioner of Highways or local authorities within their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of a traffic engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on any part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the Commissioner or such local authority may determine and declare a minimum speed limit to be set forth on signs posted on such highway below which no person shall drive a vehicle except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.

 

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