Wreckless Driving?

[OBSSEST]

In CA, "Reckless" is further defined in section 2800.2 VC which further defines "willful or wanton disregard" while evading the police in the following:

2800.2 (b) For purposes of this section, a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property includes, but is not limited to, driving while fleeing or attempting to elude a pursuing peace officer during which time either three or more violations that are assigned a traffic violation point count under Section 12810 occur, or damage to property occurs.

I think traffic court judges, from what I've seen, generally follow the 3+ infraction rule when looking at violation of "reckless" driving per 23101 CVC.

[two_wheel_mayhem]

I got a ticket for "unsafe start" one time because I didn't go from left lane to left lane on a left turn from a stoplight.

I was like "I didn't squeal the tires, wtf!!!"

I beat that one in court.

[SSOOCH]

The Cop seemed pretty cool.

[Blacc Mamba]

Originally Posted by Gone to the bowtie side

Kind of like Bill Cosby remarked back in his wild days, "They've got to be coming out of my trunk, man!"

I just listened to that stand up

[Morepwr]

Originally Posted by zebra

around these parts, it's called "exhibition of horsepower"


...which is actually wrong. it's an exhibition of torque

I got one called "exibition of speed". Which made no sense since I was power braking the car and not moving....but the speedo was pegged!

[zerolm]

When I was in the Air Force, I "chirped" 2nd gear in my freinds '72 Nova and was pulled over by military police. My ticket stated "Exhibition of speed, breaking traction".
That quote became a legendary inside joke among all my freinds!

[2010 SSRS]

Here in RI they call it care from start to stop

[tjbusa]

Cool cop, In SC 20mph over will get wreckless driving, so will wheeling a motorcycle I know that first hand.

[Autobot]

Yeah got one once for "exhibition of acceleration"

[Scrappy Doo]

Here in Mn we got a bunch of em, reckless driving, careless driving, inattentive driving and failure to use due care or control. Also a lot of cities/counties have local ordinances called exhibition driving.

[Banshee]

Wreckless driving definition...driving like an ass, without damaging your car.
Reckless driving definition.....driving like an ass with damage to your car.

Careless driving is a combination of 2 specific infractions within one action.
Reckless is a combination of 2 or more specific infractions, more serious in nature which may have caused damage, yet not specifically mandated.

Careless...switching lanes without signaling while speeding 15 mph over limit.

Reckless...switching lanes without signaling while speeding in the rain causing loss of control or another car to brake to avoid and cause that car to have an accident or nfractors car to collide with another object whether ist be a car, fixed object...etc.

[mike25]

where abouts in wv do you live?

[chris rs ss]

You get a raise? You'll be replacing tires soon.

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by Bill Dillow

I always thought that smoking the tires/taking off aggressively was considered wreckless driving. I found out first hand last Friday that it IS NOT in WV.
At the time, my car had less than 500 miles on it. I do run it like it was meant to be driven but never did the "massive burn-out" on take off yet.

The Story: I leave my neighborhood and get on the main road. It's busy so I wait until I get to the dual highway. It's usually busy with commuters at this time in the evening but there was not a car in sight, only a car that had pulled up behind me (it wasn't a cop either). I dump the clutch at about 3000 with traction control off, the tires were smoking and it was a bit slide ways, to say the least. Anyway, i just shifted to second gear and happened to look in the rear view and saw blue lights. I couldn't believe it, where did he come from is all that was going through my mind along with the wreckless driving ticket i was about to get and the impact on insurance.

He was holding back to see how far i was going to push it but i already started to pull over. I happened to see i was at 58 mph when i saw the lights so i knew i was not speeding (speed limit is 60). The Trooper gets to the window and he asks if i knew why i was pulled over, i said, spinning the tires? I wasn't speeding!! He asked about my driving history (43 and first time ever pulled over).He then asked for the usual info and went back to his car. He came back and told me that he was giving me a warning and that i really did nothing wrong (ticket said improper take off). I then thanked him and asked him what determines wreckless driving. He explained that if i had been in and out of traffic, running up behind cars, out of control, speeding, etc. he could have issued a wreckless driving ticket. He then said, this is a very nice car, be careful and enjoy it!!!

So, as long as you are in control and not "breaking" any traffic violations, there is nothing they can do about spinning the tires.....In WV anyway.

I would have to say you got lucky and got a dumb cop. In all the places I've been, a burn out is classified as exhibition of speed and is a lot worse.