In many Virginia accident cases, the Commonwealth charges at least one driver with reckless driving. The main statute used for this charge is 46.2-853. That statute is fairly brief: A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives a vehicle which is not under proper control or which has inadequate or improperly adjusted brakes [...]
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As of 4pm today, Hurricane Irene had already caused 152 vehicle crashes on Virginia’s roadways. And those are just the ones handled by the Virginia State Police. The Fredericksburg area is in Division II, which had 17 of those 152 crashes. I’m sure there are many more by now and other incidents that were handled [...]
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If you’re charged with reckless driving in Virginia, you may be wondering about the possible demerit points on your driving record. Frankly, it’s confusing. And there’s lots of conflicting information in the internet. Let me clear up the subject for you. For Virginia license holders If you have a Virginia driver’s license, a conviction of [...]
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One of the main services I provide for clients is defending reckless driving tickets. I’m your Virginia reckless driving lawyer. If you have a reckless driving ticket in Spotsylvania, Stafford, Fredericksburg, King George, or Caroline, we need to talk. What is reckless driving? There are many varieties of reckless driving in Virginia. The most common [...]
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If you are charged with reckless driving in Virginia, you need to know about improper driving. It’s a statute that enables the judge to give you a break down to a traffic infraction, instead of a class 1 misdemeanor. Transcription Hello, I’m Andrew Flusche. Today I wanted to talk to you about improper driving. Improper [...]
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Yep. You read that correctly. Apparently some Loudoun County volunteer firefighters thought it would be a good idea to drink and then hop in a fire engine. If that’s not bad enough, they also had on board a member of Leesburg’s finest and someone from the Loudoun County Fire Rescue Commission. But wait, it gets [...]
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Before I tell you about a great case I handled, the Virginia State Bar wants you to know: CASE RESULTS DEPEND UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO EACH CASE. PREVIOUS RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE OR PREDICT A SIMILAR RESULT IN A FUTURE CASE THAT I UNDERTAKE. Got it? Every case is different. [...]
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A lot of people think they’re lawyers when traffic court is involved. They read “beat your ticket” books, research tips online, and go to court alone. Sometimes it actually works. The real problem occurs when the people who get a good result tell others what they did even though they don’t understand the law. A [...]
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I was recently waiting in court for a client’s reckless driving charge. I overheard another case that shocked me. A driver was charged with reckless driving by speed. The officer testified to the basics of the case. He clocked the defendant going X speed, it happened in Spotsylvania County, etc. Then the driver’s attorney cross-examined [...]
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Last updated – 3/20/11 Virginia’s laws on reckless driving are already complicated. There are fourteen different varieties of this misdemeanor traffic offense. If the General Assembly has it’s way, the laws will continue to grow. Several bills are pending in the 2011 Virginia General Assembly to alter reckless driving laws. These are just few that [...]
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