SB801: Reckless driving; raises speed that constitutes regardless of speed limit.

SENATE BILL NO. 801
Offered January 10, 2007
Prefiled January 3, 2007
A BILL to amend and reenact § 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving; speeding.
Patron-- Ruff

Referred to Committee on Transportation

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. Reckless driving; 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 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit or (ii) in excess of eighty 85 miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.