Virginia Could Make Texting Behind the Wheel a Major Traffic Offense Texting while driving in Virginia is already against the law. It’s punishable by a ticket with a small fine. But the Virginia State Crime Commission wants the act to be considered the same as reckless driving. Under proposed legislation endorsed by the Virginia State [...]
Practice Area: Reckless Driving
Guest Blog: New York Residents with VA Traffic Tickets
Virginia and Out-of-State Traffic Tickets If you have a New York driver’s license and receive a Virginia traffic ticket, you are not off the hook just yet. If convicted of a NY traffic offense and you are a VA driver, you will have to deal with: The conviction being placed on your driving record Points [...]
VA Police Catch Speeders, Limit Traffic Fatalities
 Police Enforce Speeding and Reckless Driving in Virginia During the  Holiday Motorists driving on Virginia’s highways over the Labor Day weekend may have noticed an increased police presence, as Virginia State troopers issued reckless driving and speeding tickets across the Commonwealth. Virginia State Police had 75 percent of its uniformed workforce patrolling the interstates over [...]
How Virginia Assesses Points on Your Driving Record
Speeding in Virginia? How many points is that? Upon receiving a speeding ticket in Virginia, most drivers want to know how many points will be placed on their driving record. Virginia’s Uniform Demerit Point System can be a bit confusing. It is important for both in-state and out-of-state drivers to understand Virginia’s Uniform Demerit Point [...]
Virginia DUI Lawyer Has Charges Reduced for Client
Virginia Drunk Driving Charges Reduced A lawyer at the Law Firm of Chucker & Reibach recently defended two clients in a Virginia courtroom charged with driving under the influence. The attorney attained successful results in both DUI cases. One client was charged with a second offense DUI and refusal to take a breathalyzer test. If [...]
Virginia DUI and Reckless Driving: License Suspension
Drivers Risk a Suspended License for DWI or Reckless Driving in VA Virginia judges are authorized to suspend a person’s driving privileges within the state for convictions of reckless driving by speed, reckless driving resulting from an accident, and driving under the influence. Any license suspension imposed for reckless driving is left to the discretion [...]
Hanover County Reckless Driving Results
Attorney Has Reckless Driving Cases Reduced in Hanover, Virginia A lawyer from Chucker & Reibach recently handled three reckless driving cases in Hanover County, Virginia. The Hanover General District Court is one of the more difficult courts in Virginia in which to obtain a favorable outcome in a traffic case. Our firm prides itself on [...]
Police Conclude Virginia Traffic Safety Campaign
VA Police Issue Hundreds of Speeding Tickets Did you happen to notice more Virginia State Police issuing speeding tickets on the interstates this past weekend? Operation Air, Land, and Speed is an enforcement campaign launched several times a year by the Virginia State Police aimed at catching traffic violators on Virginia’s interstates. Saturday, June 23, [...]
CDL Driver Charged with Reckless Driving in Richmond
Virginia Reckless Driving Accident in Richmond State Police have charged a driver with reckless driving following a single-vehicle tractor trailer accident on Interstate 95 in Richmond, VA. Police were forced to close the exit ramp to the Downtown Expressway at exit 74 for almost eight hours while the wreck of an overturned tractor trailer was [...]
Reckless Driving Accident on I-95 in Chesterfield, VA
Reckless Driving Crash in Chesterfield County, Virginia A man has been charged with reckless driving following an accident in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Robert M. Krill was charged with reckless driving after running a rented U-Haul truck into a vehicle stationed on the shoulder of Interstate 95, killing one man and shutting down I-95 southbound for [...]