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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64733</law_id><section_number>46.2-868.1</section_number><catch_line>Aggressive driving; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-392</reference><reference>46.2-492</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 id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A person is guilty of aggressive driving if (i) the person violates one or more of the following: &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Drive on right side of highways; penalty" href="/46.2-802/">46.2-802</a> (Drive on right side of <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">highways</span></span>), &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Special regulations applicable on highways laned for traffic; penalty" href="/46.2-804/">46.2-804</a> (Failure to observe <span class="dictionary">lanes</span> marked for traffic), &#xA7; <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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, cc. 752, 782.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
