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Riders Skirt Rules of Road On Mopeds
Although what they're doing may appear to be against the law, police said people who use mopeds to get around Old Town Warrenton don't have to abide by many of the rules that apply to other motorists.A moped is legally defined in Virginia as any vehicle that travels with no more than three wheels in contact with the ground. It has a seat no more than 24 inches from the ground and a small gasoline, electric or hybrid motor.
However, the machines are not always considered under the law to be “motor vehicles.”
For one thing, Warrenton Police Sgt. George W. Southard Jr. said, that means the Virginia Code section prohibiting someone from driving a motor vehicle if their license has been suspended or revoked does not pertain to someone operating a moped.
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