reckless driving

  • 1Reckless driving — Reckless driving, in the United States, is a serious moving traffic violation. As an offense reckless driving is variously described by different U.S. state statutes. It is usually a more serious offense than careless driving or improper driving… …

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  • 2reckless driving — n. Driving a vehicle without attention to risks, consequences, or the safety of others. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. reckless driving …

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  • 3reckless driving — noun uncount in the U.S., the crime of driving a vehicle in a way that is likely to hurt or kill people …

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  • 4reckless driving — noun : driving that evidences a deliberate or culpably negligent disregard of life and property and creates an unreasonable risk of harm to others * * * reckless driving UK US noun [uncountable] in the US, the crime of driving a vehicle in a way… …

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  • 5reckless driving — A criminal offense; a basis of liability for injury to the person or property of another. Driving under circumstances showing a reckless disregard of the consequences; driving carelessly and heedlessly in wilful or wanton disregard of the rights… …

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  • 6reckless driving — careless driving …

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  • 7reckless driving — UK / US noun [uncountable] in the US, the crime of driving a vehicle in a way that is likely to hurt or kill people …

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  • 8reckless — reck·less adj: characterized by the creation of a substantial and unjustifiable risk to the lives, safety, or rights of others and by a conscious and sometimes wanton and willful disregard for or indifference to that risk that is a gross… …

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  • 9reckless — reck‧less [ˈrekləs] adjective not thinking or caring about the possible bad or dangerous results of your actions. In some cases someone s actions may be illegal if a court decides they have been reckless: • He was fined £80 for reckless driving.… …

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  • 10Driving without due care and attention — or careless driving is a moving traffic violation. As a legal term, it is used within the United States and the United Kingdom. It is usually a less serious offence than reckless driving in the United States, and is a less serious offence than… …

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