Provisions of this chapter shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles, or to vehicles or machinery used in the construction or maintenance of highways, and such vehicles or machinery may be operated on any part of the road, whether same is open to traffic or closed, when such operation is necessary in the maintenance or construction of said highway; provided, that the person doing such maintenance or construction shall protect all such operations with adequate warnings, signs, signals, lights, devices or flagmen. (1994 Code § 20-265)
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| 1 | 1. State law reference - similar provisions, 47 OS § 11-1005. |