Recent Case Results for those Charged with Reckless Driving:

A SAMPLE OF OUR RECENT RECKLESS DRIVING DEFENSE OF THOSE CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING*:

*DISCLAIMER – EACH CASE IS UNIQUE AND CASE RESULTS DEPEND ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL SITUATION.  CASE RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN ANY FUTURE CASE UNDERTAKEN BY THE LAWYER.

  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (91/55), Disposition: Defective Equipment, $100 fine plus court costs.
  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (80/55), Disposition: Defective Speedometer: $30 fine plus court costs.
  • Norfolk CC, Charge: Reckless Driving (92/55) and Failure to Carry a License, Disposition: Noted to court the Speed Limit was 65 in the HOV lane, reduced to speeding 10-19 over, $250 fine plus court costs.  Failure to Carry License charge nolle prossed.
  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (80/55), Disposition: reduced to speeding 10-19 over, $114 fine plus court costs.
  • Chesapeake GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (81/55), Disposition: reduced to speeding 15-19 over, $120 fine plus court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (75/55), Disposition: reduced to speeding 15-19 over. $114 fine plus court costs.
  • Northampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (65/45), Disposition: case dismissed with court costs if defendant takes driver improvement course.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (67/45), Disposition: reduced to speeding 15-19 over, $114 fine plust court costs.
  • Chesapeake GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving for Failure to Maintain Control of a Vehicle, Disposition: dismissed.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (77/55), Disposition: Improper driving, $108 fine plus court costs.
  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (77/55), Disposition: dismissed.
  • Suffolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving for Improper Brakes, Disposition: dismissed.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving Generally, Disposition: defective equipment. $110 fine and $66 court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Reckless Driving (75/55), Could not get car calibrated, Disposition: reduced to speeding 20 mph over the limit, with no reckless driving. $120 fine plus $66 court costs.
  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (77/55), Disposition: reduced to speeding 15-19 over. $84 fine and $65 court costs.
  • Hampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (60/40), Disposition: reduced to 1-9  over with $81 in court costs if defendant takes driver improvement course.
  • Newport News GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (82/60), Disposition: reduced to 15-19 over. $150 plus court costs of $66.00.
  • New Kent GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (88/70) and No Operators License Charge, Disposition: Reckless driving charge reduced to improper driving, $500 fine and court costs of $61.  No Operators Charge was tried and resulted in an outcome of not guilty.
  • Gloucester GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (75/55), Disposition: reduced to 15-19 over, $96 fine plus court costs of $61.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (48/25), Disposition: reduced to 15-19 over, $114 fine plus court costs of $66.
  • Chesapeake GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving for failure to maintain control, Disposition: reduced to improper driving, $40 fine plus $62.00 in court costs.
  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless driving for driving two abreast in a single lane, Disposition: reduced to improper driving upon condition of taking driver improvement course.  $100 fine and court costs.
  • Northampton CC, Charge: Reckless Driving (83/55), Disposition: reduced to speeding at the same speed with no criminal misdemeanor conviction.
  • Hampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (64/35), Disposition: reduced to 15-19 over.  $114 fine plus $61 in court costs.  Client had a previous reckless driving conviction within last three years.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (76/55), Disposition: reduced to 15-19 over.  $114.00 fine plus $66.00 in court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (55/35), Disposition: reduced to 15-19 over.  $114.00 fine plus $66.00 in court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (92/55), Reckless Driving for driving with an obstructed view, and unsafe lane change, Disposition: Reckless driving for driving with an obstructed view charge was nolle prossed.  $100.00 fine with $15.00 in court costs for the unsafe lane change.  $250 fine and $121.00 in court costs for reckless driving by speed conviction.  20 days of jail were suspended, except for 1 hour to be served.
  • Chesapeake GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving on a parking lot, Disposition: dismissed.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving for failure to maintain control, Disposition: reduced to improper driving with $50.00 fine and $66.00 court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (78/55), Disposition: reduced to speeding 19 over, $114 plus court costs.  Client was a pilot concerned about his pilot’s license.
  • New Kent CC: Charges: No operator’s license, Reckless Driving.  Disposition: NOL charge dismissed, reckless driving penalty: 30 day suspended license, $750.00 fine plus court costs.  Driver had a very bad driving record.
  • Emporia GDC: Charge: Reckless Driving (80/60), Disposition: reduced to 9 over the speed limit.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (115/55), Disposition – convicted but only $350.00 fine and $86.00 in court costs, with 60 days in jail but 50 days of it suspended, with weekend reporting allowed.
  • Newport News GDC: Reckless Driving (81/60), Disposition: reduced to 9 over, $50.00 plus $66.00 in court costs.  Client a JAG officer in the military.
  • Newport News GDC: Reckless Driving (84/60), Disposition: reduced to 19 over.  $114.00 plus $66.00 court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (80/55), Disposition: reduced to 19 over.  $114.00 plus $66.00 court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (76/55), Disposition: reduced to 72/55, $102.00 plus $66.00 in court costs.
  • Northampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (75/55), Disposition: reduced to improper driving, $120.00 plus $61.00 in court costs.
  • Northampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (79/55), Disposition: reduced to improper driving, $200.00 plus $61.00 in court costs.
  • Southampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (81/60), Disposition: reduced to 74/60.  Fine of $126.00 plus $61.00 in court costs.
  • Virginia Beach GDC, Charge: Reckless driving generally, Disposition: null prossed.
  • Virginia Beach CC, Charge: Reckless Driving (98/55), reduced to speeding at the same speed, without reckless driving attached to it.  $258.00 plus court costs.
  • Norfolk GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (85/55), reduced to speeding at the same speed.
  • Chesapeake GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (55/25), reduced to 44/25.
  • Hampton GDC, Charge: Reckless Driving (85/60), reduced to 79/60.

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