Got arrested for reckless driving but...

[CoCkaSiAn]

make sure that you bring a camera and take pictures of ur car if it is demaged and make sure u snap it where there towing is because you can tell them to fix it for you if they do did something. just take the pictures to court with you and tell the judge wat has happened. it happened to me before but not for wreckless driving. but if the speed limit is 50 or 55 the the police had no right to arrest you bcuz increasing speed is not wreckless driving unless you went over speed limit. i'll ask one of my cop friends and i'll see wat he has to say

[quickdodge®]

increasing speed is not wreckless driving unless you went over speed limit.

That's not the case. IIRC, rapid acceleration is showing "display of speed." "Display of speed" falls under the category of wreckless driving. If you got to 50 mph in 5 seconds, then you were showing this "display of speed." I'm not sure about the felony part. Ruiner will know more about this. Later, QD.

[Ruiner]

That's not the case. IIRC, rapid acceleration is showing "display of speed." "Display of speed" falls under the category of wreckless driving. If you got to 50 mph in 5 seconds, then you were showing this "display of speed." I'm not sure about the felony part. Ruiner will know more about this. Later, QD.

You are correct. Also, it is not a felony (in this case at least) in GA.

[Brett]

Times like this Im glad I drive a civic, I dare a cop to stop me saying I did 0-50 in 5 seconds!! Id laugh my ass off...lol

[Ruiner]

Times like this Im glad I drive a civic, I dare a cop to stop me saying I did 0-50 in 5 seconds!! Id laugh my ass off...lol

I can do it in ~3.8 seconds, but I sure as hell don't try that on the street; especially on Pleasant Hill on a Saturday night and in front of a cop.

[lowjack]

That's not the case. IIRC, rapid acceleration is showing "display of speed." "Display of speed" falls under the category of wreckless driving. If you got to 50 mph in 5 seconds, then you were showing this "display of speed." I'm not sure about the felony part. Ruiner will know more about this. Later, QD.

To be a bit more Precise and add to QD's. It is called "Exibition of Speed" and falls under the "Street Racing" portion of GA State Law. I thought it was article 183-a or something like that. That is up to carries a MANDATORY one year license suspension, and a fine up to 1500.00. It is not a felony but sucks as bad as one.

I had two within 2 weeks of each other back in 03. Once Cobb, one Gwinett. I got a lawyer and beat them both, but it still cost 1500 bucks to hire the attorney.

Oh and the one in Gwinett was tossed out, the Judge stated it should have NEVER been brougth before the court. The officer based the entire incendent because he heard my pipe and BOV as I was shifting. Never broke the speed limit or spun the wheels. Be funny if it was the same officer.