{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-868.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-868.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-868.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-868.1.html"}],"law_id":64733,"edition_id":1,"section_id":64733,"structure_id":13413,"section_number":"46.2-868.1","catch_line":"Aggressive driving; penalties","history":"2002, cc. 752, 782.","full_text":"A\n\nA person is guilty of aggressive driving if (i) the person violates one or more of the following: &#xA7; 46.2-802 (Drive on right side of highways), &#xA7; 46.2-804 (Failure to observe lanes marked for traffic), &#xA7; 46.2-816 (Following too closely), &#xA7; 46.2-821 (Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way), &#xA7; 46.2-833.1 (Evasion of traffic control devices), &#xA7; 46.2-838 (Passing when overtaking a vehicle), &#xA7; 46.2-841 (When overtaking vehicle may pass on right), &#xA7; 46.2-842 (Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle), &#xA7; 46.2-842.1 (Driver to give way to certain overtaking vehicles on divided highway), &#xA7; 46.2-843 (Limitations on overtaking and passing), any provision of Article 8 (&#xA7; 46.2-870 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 (Speed), or &#xA7; 46.2-888 (Stopping on highways); and (ii) that person is a hazard to another person or commits an offense in clause (i) with the intent to harass, intimidate, injure or obstruct another person.B\n\nAggressive driving shall be punished as a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, aggressive driving with the intent to injure another person shall be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition to the penalties described in this subsection, the court may require successful completion of an aggressive driving program.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":235586,"text":"A person is guilty of aggressive driving if (i) the person violates one or more of the following: &#xA7; 46.2-802 (Drive on right side of highways), &#xA7; 46.2-804 (Failure to observe lanes marked for traffic), &#xA7; 46.2-816 (Following too closely), &#xA7; 46.2-821 (Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way), &#xA7; 46.2-833.1 (Evasion of traffic control devices), &#xA7; 46.2-838 (Passing when overtaking a vehicle), &#xA7; 46.2-841 (When overtaking vehicle may pass on right), &#xA7; 46.2-842 (Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle), &#xA7; 46.2-842.1 (Driver to give way to certain overtaking vehicles on divided highway), &#xA7; 46.2-843 (Limitations on overtaking and passing), any provision of Article 8 (&#xA7; 46.2-870 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 (Speed), or &#xA7; 46.2-888 (Stopping on highways); and (ii) that person is a hazard to another person or commits an offense in clause (i) with the intent to harass, intimidate, injure or obstruct another person.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":235587,"text":"Aggressive driving shall be punished as a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, aggressive driving with the intent to injure another person shall be punished as a Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition to the penalties described in this subsection, the court may require successful completion of an aggressive driving program.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":13413,"edition_id":1,"name":"Reckless Driving and Improper Driving","identifier":"7","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12875,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:51","permalink":{"id":230871,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13413,"identifier":"7","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/7","url":"\/46.2\/III\/8\/7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12875,"edition_id":1,"name":"Regulation of Traffic","identifier":"8","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12827,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:58","permalink":{"id":230189,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12875,"identifier":"8","token":"46.2\/III\/8","url":"\/46.2\/III\/8\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12827,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228597,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12827,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":81167,"structure_id":13413,"section_number":"46.2-852","catch_line":"Reckless driving; 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0752\">752<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0782\">782<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62771,"section_number":"46.2-392","catch_line":"Suspension of license or issuance of a restricted license on conviction of certain offenses; probationary conditions required; generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-392\/"},{"id":59312,"section_number":"46.2-492","catch_line":"Uniform Demerit Point System","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-492\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79548,"section_number":"46.2-802","catch_line":"Drive on right side of highways; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-802\/"},{"id":67611,"section_number":"46.2-804","catch_line":"Special regulations applicable on highways laned for traffic; 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<a class=\"law\" title=\"Following too closely\" href=\"\/46.2-816\/\">46.2-816<\/a> (Following too closely), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Vehicles before entering certain highways shall stop or yield right-of-way\" href=\"\/46.2-821\/\">46.2-821<\/a> (<span class=\"dictionary\">Vehicles<\/span> before entering certain <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> shall stop or yield right-of-way), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Evasion of traffic control devices\" href=\"\/46.2-833.1\/\">46.2-833.1<\/a> (Evasion of <span class=\"dictionary\">traffic control devices<\/span>), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Passing when overtaking a vehicle\" href=\"\/46.2-838\/\">46.2-838<\/a> (Passing when overtaking a <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span>), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"When overtaking vehicle may pass on right\" href=\"\/46.2-841\/\">46.2-841<\/a> (When overtaking <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span> may pass on right), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle\" href=\"\/46.2-842\/\">46.2-842<\/a> (<span class=\"dictionary\">Driver<\/span> to give way to overtaking <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicle<\/span>), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Drivers to give way to certain overtaking vehicles on divided highways\" href=\"\/46.2-842.1\/\">46.2-842.1<\/a> (<span class=\"dictionary\">Driver<\/span> to give way to certain overtaking <span class=\"dictionary\">vehicles<\/span> on divided <span class=\"dictionary\">highway<\/span>), &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Limitations on overtaking and passing\" href=\"\/46.2-843\/\">46.2-843<\/a> (Limitations on overtaking and passing), any provision of Article 8 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Maximum speed limits generally\" href=\"\/46.2-870\/\">46.2-870<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 (Speed), or &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Stopping on highways; removing motor vehicle from roadway\" href=\"\/46.2-888\/\">46.2-888<\/a> (Stopping on <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span>); and (ii) that person is a hazard to another person or commits an <span class=\"dictionary\">offense<\/span> in clause (i) with the <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to harass, intimidate, injure or obstruct another person. <a id=\"paragraph-235586\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-868.1\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Aggressive driving shall be punished as a Class 2 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. However, aggressive driving with the <span class=\"dictionary\">intent<\/span> to injure another person shall be punished as a Class 1 <span class=\"dictionary\">misdemeanor<\/span>. In addition to the penalties described in this subsection, the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> may require successful completion of an aggressive driving program. <a id=\"paragraph-235587\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/46.2-868.1\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAGGRESSIVE DRIVING; PENALTIES (\u00a7 46.2-868.1)\n\nA. A person is guilty of aggressive driving if (i) the person violates one or\nmore of the following: &#xA7; 46.2-802 (Drive on right side of highways), &#xA7;\n46.2-804 (Failure to observe lanes marked for traffic), &#xA7; 46.2-816\n(Following too closely), &#xA7; 46.2-821 (Vehicles before entering certain\nhighways shall stop or yield right-of-way), &#xA7; 46.2-833.1 (Evasion of\ntraffic control devices), &#xA7; 46.2-838 (Passing when overtaking a vehicle),\n&#xA7; 46.2-841 (When overtaking vehicle may pass on right), &#xA7; 46.2-842\n(Driver to give way to overtaking vehicle), &#xA7; 46.2-842.1 (Driver to give\nway to certain overtaking vehicles on divided highway), &#xA7; 46.2-843\n(Limitations on overtaking and passing), any provision of Article 8 (&#xA7;\n46.2-870 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 46.2 (Speed), or &#xA7; 46.2-888\n(Stopping on highways); and (ii) that person is a hazard to another person or\ncommits an offense in clause (i) with the intent to harass, intimidate, injure\nor obstruct another person.\n\nB. Aggressive driving shall be punished as a Class 2 misdemeanor. However,\naggressive driving with the intent to injure another person shall be punished as\na Class 1 misdemeanor. In addition to the penalties described in this\nsubsection, the court may require successful completion of an aggressive driving\nprogram.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, cc. 752, 782.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}