Manassas Driving Too Slowly Charge

January 16, 2022 by Jean Humbrecht
Manassas driving too slowly charge

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

Most people know that speeding in Manassas is a traffic infraction, and in fact in some circumstances it can even be a crime.  However, many people are surprised to learn that driving too slowly in Manassas is also a traffic infraction.  Read the post below for information on a Manassas Driving Too Slowly charge.

Driving Too Slowly in Manassas

A Manassas Driving Too Slowly charge penalizes driving so slowly that the driver impedes the normal and reasonable flow of traffic.  The statute does not apply, however, to driving slowly in dangerous conditions.

Penalties for Manassas Driving Too Slowly Charge

A Manassas Driving Too Slowly charge (Va. Code §46.2-877) is punished with a fine and DMV demerit points.  The driver can pre-pay the fine without having to go to court.  However, pre-paying the fine is an admission of guilt and will result in a conviction for a traffic infraction on the offender’s driving record for 5 years.  The DMV will also assess 3 DMV demerit points to a driver’s record if he is convicted of a Manassas Driving Too Slowly charge.

Manassas 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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