HB1371: Reckless driving; removes driving in excess of 80 mph, etc.

HOUSE BILL NO. 1371

Offered January 9, 2013
Prefiled December 10, 2012
A BILL to amend and reenact 46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia, relating to reckless driving; exceeding speed limit.
Patron-- Morrissey

Committee Referral Pending

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 or (ii) in excess of eighty miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.