Charged with reckless driving?

Reckless Driving

A Reckless driving charge can be very serious if you don’t have the right lawyer to help fight it.

Despite advances in auto technology, cars are still so dangerous that reckless driving is a serious crime. Anyone charged with reckless driving faces serious penalties. In Tennessee, whenever someone drives a motor vehicle in a way that poses a risk to others, it’s considered reckless driving. Unlike speeding or running a red light (traffic violations that can be definitively measured or photographed) reckless driving is more subjective and highly dependent on the circumstances of each particular case. Essentially, it’s the cop's word versus your's unless you have witnesses that will testify at court.

A judge is required to weigh a number of factors in a reckless driving case, but reckless driving is always more than just making a mistake or being negligent. A reckless driver willfully disregards safety. A prosecutor can secure a reckless driving conviction simply by proving that a driver knew or should have known that their driving posed a risk to themselves or others. Reckless driving can happen even if no one else is on the road or no property is damaged. To be convicted of reckless driving a driver need only to endanger themselves or their own property.

The penalties can be stiff if you're convicted of reckless driving so you’re going to need the help of an experienced lawyer. Possible penalties can include costly fines, probation, suspension of your driver’s license, community service and even jail time. Our law firm can handle your reckless driving case and fight to keep a conviction off your record.