Virginia Reckless Driving Laws

Learn about reckless driving laws in the Commonwealth of Virginia in this talk with reputable reckless driving attorney Dan Leavitt.

I'm Dan Leavitt. I'm an attorney and I practice traffic and misdemeanor law so I help people charged with reckless driving, DUI and other traffic tickets. Underage possession, marijuana possession, and other misdemeanor charges.

So every state is different on reckless driving. Virginia's reckless driving law is, in some ways, it's the most severe because it's the only state that I'm aware of that it's reckless driving to drive 81 miles an hour in a 70 zone.

So in Virginia, you can be going 11 miles over the speed limit, which a lot of people do and it's a class one criminal misdemeanor, which will leave you with a criminal record if you don't get it reduced. Number two, as a class one misdemeanor, it carries up to 12 months in jail. It carries up to a six-month license suspension and it carries a fine of up to $2,500. That's Virginia. In addition to that, you have your potential immigration consequences since it's a misdemeanor. You have insurance issues. You have, you can have employment issues. So those are more of the secondary effects of a potential reckless driving ticket.

People in Virginia go to jail. There was a Washington Nationals pitcher, or a baseball player, who went to jail for 10 days for reckless driving by speed. So whether or not you, you are realistically facing jail time for a reckless driving ticket depends on the facts of the case.

So if it's reckless driving by speed, typically higher speed cases that are over 90 miles an hour, over 100 miles an hour, certainly, or 30 and more over the speed limit, those are in areas where jail time is potentially on the table. You can feel free to give us a call and we provide a full consultation. We'll go over your case from start to finish. There are never any obligations so there's never gonna be any pressure and you can talk to us for as long as you want about your case. We'll fully discuss your case and there's never any obligation to move forward. It's completely risk-free.

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