THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY THE CHINCOTEAGUE POLICE DEPARTMENT:

WHEN LIGHTS TO BE LIGHTED; NUMBER OF LIGHTS TO BE LIGHTED AT ANY TIME; USE OF WARNING LIGHTS

VA CODE SECTION 46.2-1030

EVERY VEHICLE IN OPERATION ON A HIGHWAY IN THE COMMONWEALTH SHALL DISPLAY LIGHTED HEADLIGHTS AND ILLUMINATING DEVICES AS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE (i) FROM SUNSET TO SUNRISE, (ii) DURING ANY OTHER TIME WHEN, BECAUSE OF RAIN, SMOKE, FOG, SNOW, SLEET, INSUFFICIENT LIGHT, OR OTHER UNFAVORABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO A DEGREE WHEREBY PERSONS OR VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY ARE NOT CLEARLY DISCERNIBLE AT A DISTANCE OF 500 FEET, AND (iii) WHENEVER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE AS A RESULT OF FOG, RAIN, SLEET, OR SNOW.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT APPLY TO INSTANCES WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE USED INTERMITTENTLY IN MISTING RAIN, SLEET, OR SNOW.

NOT MORE THAN FOUR LIGHTS USED TO PROVIDE GENERAL ILLUMINATION AHEAD OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO HEADLIGHTS, AND ANY OTHER COMBINATION OF FOG LIGHTS OR OTHER AUXILIARY LIGHTS APPROVED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, SHALL BE LIGHTED AT ANY TIME.  HOWEVER, THIS LIMITATION SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE DISPLAY OF WARNING LIGHTS AUTHORIZED IN 46.2-1020 THROUGH 46.2-1027, OR OTHER LIGHTS AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.