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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 16 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1952, chapter 671; in 1954, chapters 225, 401, and 458; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1960, chapter 510; in 1964, chapter 266; in 1966, chapter 694; in 1968, chapter 575; in 1970, chapter 521; in 1974, chapters 222 and 455; in 1975, chapter 633; in 1978, chapter 27; in 1979, chapter 86; in 1981, chapters 333 and 585; in 1985, chapter 148; in 1989, chapter 727; in 2011, chapter 280<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":365656,"section_number":"46.2-393","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Suspension of license on conviction of certain reckless offenses; restricted licenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-393\/"},{"id":365660,"section_number":"46.2-396","catch_line":"Suspension of license for reckless driving resulting in death of any person","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-396\/"},{"id":365661,"section_number":"46.2-397","catch_line":"Suspension of license for certain violations while transporting explosives, inflammable gas or liquid","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-397\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1457927,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366293,"identifier":"46.2-864","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/7\/46.2-864","url":"\/46.2-864\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-864\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/7\/46.2-864","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reckless driving on parking lots, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-864","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A person is guilty of reckless driving<\/span> who operates any motor vehicle<\/span> at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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