46.2-397 - Suspension of license for certain violations while transporting explosives, inflammable gas or liquid.

§ 46.2-397. Suspension of license for certain violations while transportingexplosives, inflammable gas or liquid.

When the driver of any motor vehicle is convicted of any violation of §§46.2-816, 46.2-820 through 46.2-823, 46.2-825, 46.2-826 or §§ 46.2-852through 46.2-864, or of any of the applicable speed limits prescribed in §§46.2-870 through 46.2-878 and the violation was committed while driving amotor vehicle, tractor truck, trailer, or semitrailer, transportingexplosives or any inflammable gas or liquid, in addition to any penaltyimposed, the court may suspend the driver's license of the convicted personfor a period of ninety days from the date of conviction.

(Code 1950, § 46-197.2; 1954, c. 377; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-424; 1984, c. 780;1989, c. 727.)