Bill Text: VA HB1185 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB1185 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1185-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1185 Offered January 15, 2016 A BILL to amend and reenact §46.2-862 of the Code of Virginia, relating to speeding; reckless driving. ---------- Patron-- Sickles ---------- 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 is 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 if the applicable maximum speed limit is 70 miles per hour.