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Reckless Driving: State Laws




State Statute
AlabamaReckless driving (AL Code 32-5A-190)
AlaskaReckless driving (AK Statutes scroll to 28.35.040)
ArizonaReckless driving (ARS 28-693)
ArkansasReckless driving (AR Code 27-50-308)
CaliforniaDriving Offenses
Reckless Driving (California Vehicle Code Section 23103)
Reckless Driving: Bodily Injury (California Vehicle Code Section 23104)
ColoradoReckless driving - penalty (CRS 42-4-1401)
ConnecticutReckless driving (GSC section 14-222)
Delaware Reckless driving (DE Code Title 21 section 4175)
District of ColumbiaSpeeding and reckless driving (DC Code section 50-2201.04)
FloridaReckless driving (FS 316.192)
GeorgiaReckless driving (Georgia Code 40-6-390)
Hawaii Reckless driving of vehicle (HRS section 291-2)
IdahoReckless driving (ID Statutes section 49-1401)
IllinoisDriving While Intoxicated...and Reckless Driving (625 ILCS 5/11-500 to 5/11-505)
Indiana Reckless Driving; Class B Misdemeanor; Damage to Property; Suspension(scroll) (Indiana Code 9-21-8-52)
IowaReckless driving (IA Code section 321.277)
KansasReckless driving; penalties (KS Statutes 8-1566)
Kentucky Operator of vehicle to drive carefully [PDF] (KRS 189.290)
LouisianaCareless operation (LRS 32:58)
MaineDriving to endanger (MRS Title 29-A section 2413)
MarylandReckless and negligent driving (MD Transp. Code section 21-901.1)
MassachusettsLaw of the road (MGL chapter 89)
MichiganDriving while intoxicated, and reckless driving (MI Vehicle Code sections 257.625 to 257.626c)
MinnesotaReckless or careless driving (MN Statute 169.13)
MississippiReckless driving (MS Code 63-3-1201)
MissouriMotorists to exercise highest degree of care (MRS 304.012)
MontanaReckless driving (MCA section 61-8-301)
NebraskaReckless driving (R.R.S. Nebr. § 60-6, 213)
NevadaReckless driving (NRS 484.377)
New HampshireReckless driving; minimum penalty (NH Statutes 265:79)
New JerseyReckless driving (NJ Statutes 39:4-96)
New MexicoReckless driving (NMS 66-8-113)
New York Reckless driving (NY Vehicle & Traffic Code section 1212)
North CarolinaReckless driving (NCGS section 20-140)
North DakotaReckless driving [PDF] (ND Code Chapter 39-08 scroll to 39-08-03)
OhioWillful or wanton operation on street or highway (ORC section 4511.20)
OklahomaReckless driving (OK Statute 47-11-901)
OregonRules of the Road: Careless and Reckless Driving [PDF] (OR Vehicle Code scroll to 811.135 to 811.140)
PennsylvaniaMiscellaneous Provisions: Reckless Driving [PDF] (PA Vehicle Code Ch. 37; scroll to Section 3736)
Rhode IslandReckless driving and other offenses against public safety (RI Code 31-27-4)
South CarolinaReckless driving (SC Code scroll to section 56-5-2920)
South DakotaReckless and Unsafe Driving (SD Codified Laws Ch. 32-24)
TennesseeReckless driving (TN Code section 55-10-205)
TexasOperation and Movement of Vehicles (TX Transp. Code Ch. 545.401)
UtahReckless driving -- Penalty (UT Code 41-6a-528)
VermontNegligent operation; grossly negligent operation (23 VSA section 1091)
VirginiaReckless driving (VA Code 46.2-852)
Reckless driving; penalties (VA Code 46.2-868)
WashingtonReckless driving - penalty (RCW section 46.61.500)
West VirginiaReckless driving (WV Code section 17C-5-3)
WisconsinReckless driving [PDF] (WI Code Chapter 346 scroll to section 346.62)
WyomingReckless driving (WY Statutes Title 31, Ch. 5 scroll to 31-5-229)
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