Talk:Reckless driving

Why might "The States of Consciousness Continuum" be related to bad driving?

Moving violation and moving traffic violation
I do not think that these terms are used in England. I am inclined to think that they must be American terms.James500 (talk) 18:52, 7 April 2011 (UTC)


 * The whole article is about US law. "Reckless driving" isn't even a legal term there anymore. It is dangerous driving. I've changed the lead to reflect that this is U.S. only Bhny (talk) 19:15, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Virginia
"Drivers convicted of reckless driving in Virginia, including out-of-state and foreign (e.g. Canadian) drivers, will not have a criminal record from this conviction since the statute applies under Virginia Code § 46.2 and not 18.2. The conviction is not indexed in the National Crime Information Center nor is it reported to the Virginia Central Criminal Records Exchange."

I don't believe this is true for two reasons. 1. VA Code 19.2-390 states "Any misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail (i) under Title 18.2 or 19.2". Title 18.2-8 states, "Offenses are either felonies or misdemeanors. Such offenses as are punishable with death or confinement in a state correctional facility are felonies; all other offenses are misdemeanors. Traffic infractions are violations of public order as defined in § 46.2-100 and not deemed to be criminal in nature." 46.2-100 defines "Traffic Infractions" as "a violation of law punishable as provided in § 46.2-113, which is neither a felony nor a misdemeanor." 46.2-113 states, "Unless otherwise stated, these violations shall constitute traffic infractions punishable by a fine of not more than that provided for a Class 4 misdemeanor" So a violation of 46.2-852(through 864) would be "otherwise stated" to be a Class 1 Misdemeanor and a criminal offense, yes? (Although, I guess "otherwise stated" could only be referring to the punishment part and even though it's a Class 1, it would still be considered a "traffic infraction"; getting charged with this, the summons for would have the box labeled "General District Court (Traffic)" checked and not the "General District Court (Criminal)".) 2. Since the misdemeanor will be reported to the National Driver Register and the NDR is included on the Criminal records in the United States page, wouldn't the charge then be considered part of your criminal record?

138.78.141.229 (talk) 22:16, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

England and Wales
Reckless driving is an offence contrary to section 2 of the Road Traffic Act 1972, and causing death by reckless driving contrary to section 1. The Act seems to be still in force (the Road Traffic Act 1988 doesn't repeal it) but I don't know if it applies to conduct after the 1988 Act came into force – I've never heard of it being used and I expect dangerous driving or driving without due care and attention (or the corresponding "causing death" offences) would be charged instead. I suspect it doesn't since conduct amounting to causing death by careless driving, an offence created in 2006, could probably have been charged under section 1 if it had been available. Hairy Dude (talk) 15:44, 5 December 2022 (UTC)