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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79974</law_id><section_number>46.2-853</section_number><catch_line>Driving vehicle which is not under control; faulty brakes</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-393</reference><reference>46.2-396</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>A person shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> who drives a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> which is not under proper control or which has inadequate or improperly adjusted brakes on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> in the Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46-209, 46-209.1; 1950, p. 880; 1952, c. 671; 1954, cc. 225, 401, 458; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-190; 1960, c. 510; 1964, c. 266; 1966, c. 694; 1968, c. 575; 1970, c. 521; 1974, cc. 222, 455; 1975, c. 633; 1978, c. 27; 1979, c. 86; 1981, cc. 333, 585; 1985, c. 148; 1989, c. 727; 1991, c. 119.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
