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2006 SESSION


CHAPTER 301
An Act to amend and reenact § 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving.
[H 1546]
Approved March 30, 2006

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That § 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-862. Exceeding speed limit.

A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth (i) at a speed of twenty miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit where the applicable speed limit is thirty miles per hour or less, (ii) at a speed of sixty miles per hour or more where the applicable maximum speed limit is thirty-five miles per hour, (iii) at a speed of twenty miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limits where the applicable maximum speed limit is forty miles per hour or more, or (iv) (ii) in excess of eighty miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.