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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366293</law_id><section_number>46.2-864</section_number><catch_line>Reckless driving on parking lots, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-393</reference><reference>46.2-396</reference><reference>46.2-397</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>A person is guilty of <span class="dictionary">reckless driving</span> who operates any <span class="dictionary">motor vehicle</span> at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb, or property of any person:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On any driveway or premises of a church, school, recreational facility, or business or governmental property open to the public; or <a id="paragraph-1364191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-864/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On the premises of any industrial establishment providing parking space for customers, patrons, or employees; or <a id="paragraph-1364192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-864/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> On any <span class="dictionary">highway</span> under construction or not yet open to the public. <a id="paragraph-1364193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-864/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 46-209, 46-209.1; 1950, p. 880; 1952, c. 671; 1954, cc. 225, 401, 458; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-190; 1960, c. 510; 1964, c. 266; 1966, c. 694; 1968, c. 575; 1970, c. 521; 1974, cc. 222, 455; 1975, c. 633; 1978, c. 27; 1979, c. 86; 1981, cc. 333, 585; 1985, c. 148; 1989, c. 727; 2011, c. 280.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>United States v. Barber</name><case_number>P2022553, P2022554, P2022555</case_number><citation>360 F. Supp. 2d 784</citation><date>2005-02-09</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2572080/united-states-v-barber/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 360 F.Supp.2d 784 (2005) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
