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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Officer from 2004 crash works for Independence The two Grandview officers involved in the 2004 chase stopped working as police officers in the period immediately after the crash — a condition Johnson County prosecutors at the time sought by bringing misdemeanor reckless driving charges.
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Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
She was charged Saturday night with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to yield to a red light and speeding, cops said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
The 19-year-old freshman from Goshen, Indiana, was arrested and booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail just before 2 a.m. on one misdemeanor charge of reckless driving and one misdemeanor charge of speeding.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
The teen faces charges of reckless driving, evading responsibility involving a serious injury, operating without insurance, operating without a license, operating with a misused plate and operating an unregistered vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
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Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
She was charged Saturday night with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault, reckless driving, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, failure to yield to a red light and speeding, cops said.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
The 19-year-old freshman from Goshen, Indiana, was arrested and booked into the Athens-Clarke County Jail just before 2 a.m. on one misdemeanor charge of reckless driving and one misdemeanor charge of speeding.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
The teen faces charges of reckless driving, evading responsibility involving a serious injury, operating without insurance, operating without a license, operating with a misused plate and operating an unregistered vehicle.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Reckless driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckless%20driving. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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