Reckless driving by speed in Fairfax County, VA
It's so easy to receive a reckless driving by speed charge in Fairfax, Virginia. In Virginia, according to VA Code 46.2-862, it is a crime to exceed the speed limit by 20 mph over the posted speed limit or to drive in excess of 80 mph regardless of the posted speed limit.
Either violation will result in a reckless driving ticket in VA. The good news is that in most instances, our Fairfax, Virginia reckless driving lawyers can help you to avoid a criminal conviction for reckless driving by getting you ready for court and the best news is that in most instances, you don't have to appear for the case. Our Fairfax, Virginia reckless driving lawyers can go to Court without you more often than not and work on trying to get the charge either dismissed or reduced to a lesser offense.
The reality is that more often than not, you had no intention of operating a motor vehicle 20 mph over the limit. After all, most reckless driving charges are due to just having to go somewhere. The primary highways where we see people get Fairfax, Virginia reckless driving charges are on Interstate 66, Interstate 95, Interstate 495.
In Fairfax County, it is the Fairfax County Parkway and the Dulles Toll Road in addition to Interstate 66, Interstate 95 and Interstate 495. Let's face reality, these highways in Fairfax, Virginia are pretty big and have higher speed limits. On these highways, the other motor vehicle operators are operating their vehicles just as rashly. In some cases, you may have just been the first vehicle the officer caught up with to make a stop.
Another common scenario is being charged with driving in excess of 20 mph in a neighborhood. While the road is not necessarily as wide or open as the highway, the posted limit is so low that it is easy to drive well in excess of 20 mph of the posted limit. Cars today have so much effortless power that it can be hard not to cruise in excess of 20 mph over the posted limit.
The 2017 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has 650 hp and that is not a new car. Imagine driving this vehicle in a neighborhood and keeping it at just 25 mph. Reckless driving in excess of 20 mph or more in Fairfax County, Virginia and in many other parts of Virginia is so easy to do. You need to be aware that Fairfax County, Virginia police officers aggressively target reckless driving.
In fact, all you have to do is reach that speed for a few seconds, just as a Fairfax, Virginia officer is performing Radar or Lidar or approaching you. Often you drive past another vehicle in traffic. Next to you, a lane opens, and you accelerate at exactly the moment the officer has you on radar or lidar.
In other cases you are in a hurry to get to the airport, pick up your children or go to work. Sometimes these explanations lead to a favorable reduction of the local charge. Keep in mind, however, that the explanation of being late reminds the judge or the prosecutor that you clearly had the motive to drive faster that you should have been.
Reckless driving is driving in excess of 80 mph in Virginia. In any speed zone, operating a motor vehicle in excess of 80 mph In Fairfax County, Virginia is deemed rash operation of a motor vehicle. In Fairfax, the old adage was "over 80 and you lose your license over it." At the present time, this rule has been substantially modified.
Now, in Fairfax County, Virginia, if you are operating a vehicle in excess of 85 mph, then you risk having your license suspended, thus removing your privilege to operate a vehicle in Virginia. Therefore, clients need to understand that operating a vehicle at any speed above 85 mph places them at a definite risk of losing the right to drive in Virginia (for up to 6 months).
The other important thing about operating a vehicle in excess of 80 miles per hour in Fairfax County, Virginia is that the judges are much less likely to reduce the charge of the offense. While you could leave the courtroom with a simple fine and no loss of license, you would have a criminal misdemeanor conviction on your record.
In such cases it is very important to have a Fairfax, Virginia reckless driving lawyer. We defend reckless driving cases all the time when the client drives 20 miles over the posted limit in Fairfax County, Virginia and we have a very good track record of avoiding a conviction for rash operation of a motor vehicle.
Reckless Driving of a motor vehicle over 90 miles per hour in Fairfax County, Virginia.
The claim that you drove at least 90 miles over the posted limit is prosecuted severely in Fairfax County, Virginia. At this speed, a license loss and a possible jail time really comes into play.
Sometimes we are able to reduce a person's speed and avoid reckless driving conviction, depending on the facts of the case. Often we find ourselves in a situation where conviction is inevitable, and we are merely trying to keep the client's license intact and avoid suspension.
Speeds in excess of 95 miles per hour become instances where the client must carefully follow our case-preparation advice. The old adage in Fairfax, Virginia was "over 90 and you lose your freedom." With advances in modern technology, the judges are aware that cars are safer at higher speeds and can get up to speed much faster than before.
On the contrary, in the 1980s, the judges held that a jail sentence was appropriate for persons operating a motor vehicle at 90 mph, since cars were generally not safe at these speeds. In addition, achieving these speeds was not considered accidental or a mistake. Today, the idea that it was just inattention of the driver is more likely. As already mentioned, the Fairfax, Virginia judges will not simply ignore these speeds.
Reckless driving over 100 miles per hour in Fairfax County, Virginia is the type of offense where you would be in our honest opinion, foolish to go to court without an experienced Fairfax, Virginia reckless driving lawyer or Virginia Criminal Lawyer
