Sec. 18-107. When signal device required.[245]
(a) Any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer which is so
constructed or carries a load in such a manner as to prevent
a hand and arm signal required by section 18-58 from being
visible both to the front and rear of such motor vehicle,
trailer or semitrailer, or any vehicle the driver of which is incapable
of giving the required hand and arm signals, shall be
equipped with a mechanical or electrical signal device which
meets the requirements of state law and is of a type that has
been approved by the superintendent.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate within the
city a motor vehicle registered in this state and manufactured
or assembled after January 1, 1955, unless such vehicle
is equipped with such a mechanical or electrical signal device
on both the front and rear of such vehicle.
(c) Any such mechanical or electrical signal device may be
used in lieu of the hand arm signal required by section 18-58.
(d) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply
to any motorcycle. The provisions of this section shall not apply
to motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers used for agricultural
or horticultural purposes which are exempted from
annual registration under section 46.1-45 of the Code of
Virginia. (Code 1959, § 18-107; 6-21-65, § 12.)
