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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366280</law_id><section_number>46.2-852</section_number><catch_line>Reckless driving; general rule</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-1716</reference><reference>18.2-271.1</reference><reference>18.2-271.5</reference><reference>19.2-294.1</reference><reference>33.2-503</reference><reference>46.2-2099.49</reference><reference>46.2-384</reference><reference>46.2-397</reference><reference>46.2-411</reference><reference>46.2-492</reference><reference>46.2-816.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="9" identifier="7">Reckless Driving and Improper Driving</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Irrespective of the maximum speeds permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, any person who drives a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> on any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person shall be guilty of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-208; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-189; 1983, c. 380; 1989, c. 727.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Commonwealth v. Cady</name><case_number>201204</case_number><citation></citation><date>2021-10-28</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5293092/commonwealth-v-cady/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PRESENT: All the Justices .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name>Mark Spencer Cady v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1595194</case_number><citation></citation><date>2020-08-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4774212/mark-spencer-cady-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="2"><name>Chapman v. Commonwealth</name><case_number>Record No. 171417</case_number><citation>820 S.E.2d 611</citation><date>2018-11-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8399275/chapman-v-commonwealth/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. In this case, we awarded appellant an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeals, holding that .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="3"><name>Chapman v. Commonwealth (PUBLISHED ORDER)</name><case_number>171417</case_number><citation></citation><date>2018-11-29</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4568328/chapman-v-commonwealth-published-order/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. VIRGINIA: .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="4"><name>Barry Eugene Lawson v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>2421113</case_number><citation>61 Va. App. 292</citation><date>2012-12-11</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1061512/barry-eugene-lawson-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. FELTON, Chief Judge. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="5"><name>John Beverly Chapman, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>1948164</case_number><citation>804 S.E.2d 326</citation><date>2017-09-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4428928/john-beverly-chapman-jr-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="6"><name>Joana Konadu v. Commonwealth of Virginia</name><case_number>0178234</case_number><citation></citation><date>2024-01-30</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/9470122/joana-konadu-v-commonwealth-of-virginia/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="7"><name>Jose Canales Granados v. Merrick Garland</name><case_number>20-2028</case_number><citation>17 F.4th 475</citation><date>2021-11-04</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/5295000/jose-canales-granados-v-merrick-garland/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. PUBLISHED .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item><item key="8"><name>Commonwealth v. Gregg</name><case_number>Record 170586</case_number><citation>811 S.E.2d 254</citation><date>2018-04-05</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4484269/commonwealth-v-gregg/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. OPINION BY JUSTICE STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item><item key="9"><name>United States v. Wingle</name><case_number>Criminal No. 3:12MJ378</case_number><citation>918 F. Supp. 2d 524</citation><date>2013-01-04</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8722146/united-states-v-wingle/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. MEMORANDUM OPINION .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
