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If you’re charged with reckless driving in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, you really need to talk to a local experienced traffic lawyer. As you’ve probably learned by now, reckless driving is a class 1 misdemeanor. It’s not your average ordinary traffic ticket. It won’t just bump your insurance premiums. Reckless driving could have serious consequences depending […]
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If you are charged with reckless driving by speed or regular speeding in Virginia, there may be a number of defenses to your case. But there are also common arguments that I hear that are NOT good defenses. Here are a few of the losing defenses to reckless driving. When you’re ready to discuss the […]
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Some people are surprised when they’re in a fender bender and the trooper gives them a reckless driving ticket. Sometimes the trooper has nothing else to charge other than reckless driving. This typically happens when a driver rear-ends a stopped vehicle. The liability is usually clear – the rear-ender is at fault. However, a simple […]
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Typically, yes. For any speeding or reckless driving by speed case, the officer has to prove that his equipment was calibrated and found to be accurate within the six months prior to the offense. If the officer’s paperwork does not prove that, we have a strong argument to have your case completely dismissed. The source […]
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If you’re facing a Spotsylvania reckless driving by speed ticket, there’s a lot of things you need to know in order to mount your defense. The first thing to do I recommend is to request a copy of my free book that will explain a lot of things that you’re facing about your Spotsylvania reckless […]
MoreChalk this up in the “Don’t post your crimes on Facebook” category. Like I’ve written about before, the police are on Facebook too! In New Haven, Connecticut, three men were arrested and charged with various traffic violations after taunting police officers. The men would allegedly find police cars and try to get the officers to […]
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The other day I was in Stafford General District Court when a young man answered for his case on the traffic docket. The judge announced that he was charged with reckless driving for driving too fast for road conditions. The judge then asked how the gentleman pleads. The young man said, “Well, Your Honor, I […]
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I’ve talked and written a lot about calibration certificates. It’s one of the main defenses in a reckless driving by speed or speeding case in Virginia. The next question is: how do we actually leverage a problem? Let’s say that I found an issue with a tuning fork, radar, or lidar calibration certificate. What do […]
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If you’re facing a Virginia reckless driving ticket you may be wondering what the fine might be. Unfortunately, there is no set fine for reckless driving because it is a Class 1 misdemeanor charge. The range of fines for Virginia reckless driving can be anything from $0 up to $2,500, but note that $2,500 is […]
MoreThe Supreme Court of Virginia recently considered (Kelley v. Stamos) whether or not a General District Court judge could amend a Virginia DWI charge to reckless driving. It’s a complicated procedural case, but the Virginia Supremes basically said that the Circuit Court couldn’t order the trial judge to find a defendant guilty of DWI. In […]
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