reckless driving

noun

: the act of driving a car in a dangerous manner
She has gotten two tickets for reckless driving.

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Buban faces multiple charges aside from the homicide, including evading a police officer causing serious injury or death, reckless driving, and driving under the influence causing bodily injury. Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 19 June 2026 The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has also charged Justin Buban with several other crimes, including reckless driving, evading a police officer and driving under the influence. Jason Green, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 Santana-Mateo was booked on charges of breach of peace, engaging police in a pursuit, disobeying the direction of officer, reckless driving, failure to obey a stop sign, failure to drive right, failure to obey a traffic control signal and driving the wrong way on a one way. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026 Homer claimed in the suit that Parker killed his daughter due her reckless driving, KTAL News reported in October 2022. Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for reckless driving

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“Reckless driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckless%20driving. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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