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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81167</law_id><section_number>46.2-852</section_number><catch_line>Reckless driving; general rule</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1716</reference><reference>18.2-271.1</reference><reference>18.2-271.5</reference><reference>19.2-294.1</reference><reference>33.2-503</reference><reference>46.2-2099.49</reference><reference>46.2-384</reference><reference>46.2-397</reference><reference>46.2-411</reference><reference>46.2-492</reference><reference>46.2-816.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="7">Reckless Driving and Improper Driving</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Irrespective of the maximum speeds permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, any person who drives a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-208; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-189; 1983, c. 380; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
