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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71700</law_id><section_number>46.2-868</section_number><catch_line>Reckless 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>46.2-829</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> Every person convicted of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> under the provisions of this article is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-258352" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-868/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Every person convicted of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> under the provisions of this article who, when he committed the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, (i) was driving without a valid <span class="dictionary">operator</span>&#x2019;s license due to a <span class="dictionary">suspension</span> or <span class="dictionary">revocation</span> for a moving violation and, (ii) as the sole and proximate result of his <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span>, caused the death of another, is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-258353" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-868/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The punishment for every person convicted of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> under the provisions of this article who, when he committed the <span class="dictionary">offense</span>, was in violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Use of handheld personal communications devices in certain motor vehicles; exceptions; penalty" href="/46.2-818.2/">46.2-818.2</a> shall include a mandatory minimum fine of $250. <a id="paragraph-258354" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-868/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-210; 1950, p. 691; 1952, Ex. Sess., c. 16; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-192; 1962, c. 302; 1970, c. 337; 1980, cc. 29, 221; 1989, c. 727; 2004, c. 349; 2013, cc. 752, 790; 2020, cc. 250, 543.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
