Bill Text: VA HB2322 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reckless driving; raises threshold for speeding from 80 miles per hour to 90 miles per hour.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-08 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB2322 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-HB2322-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2322 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 12, 2011 A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 46.2-862 and 46.2-878.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to speeding; reckless driving. ---------- Patron-- Carrico ---------- Referred to Committee on Transportation ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That §§ 46.2-862 and 46.2-878.3 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 46.2-862. Exceeding speed limit.

A person shall be guilty of reckless driving who drives a motor vehicle on the highways in the Commonwealth (i) at a speed of twenty 20 miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit or (ii) in excess of eighty 90 miles per hour regardless of the applicable maximum speed limit.

§ 46.2-878.3. Prepayment of fines for violations of speed limits.

Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Traffic Infractions and Uniform Fine Schedule adopted by the Supreme Court for prepayment of fines shall, in all instances where prepayment of a fine is permitted, include a fine of $6 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits provided for in this article up to and including 80 miles per hour and a fine of $50 per mile-per-hour in excess of 80 miles per hour. However, such Traffic Infractions and Uniform Fine Schedule shall include a fine of $7 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of §§ 46.2-873 and 46.2-878.1 and $8 per mile-per-hour in excess of posted speed limits for a violation of § 46.2-878.2.