Nothing but problems! Don't waste your money!

Capt CF said:

It's bad..

Now that the speed limit has changed to 70 mph on many Virginia state highways, it is much more likely for someone to be charged with reckless driving as the 80 mph cut off is still in place. This means that if you are driving in a 70 mph zone, and you exceed the speed limit by just 10 mph, then you may be charged with reckless driving.

In Virginia, reckless driving is considered a serious criminal offense. As a class 1 misdemeanor, a conviction of this will leave you with a permanent criminal record. The penalties for reckless driving speeding in Virginia include:

Court costs and fines;
Time in jail;
A suspension of your driver's license; and
A significant increase in your insurance rates.

If you are charged with driving at a speed of 90 mph or above, you may receive 2 days in jail for every mph over 90 that you were driving. If you exceed a speed of 100 mph, then you may get as much as 30 days in jail added to the previous total.

Reckless Driving is not merely a traffic infraction. It is a criminal offense - a class 1 misdemeanor - the most serious class of misdemeanor in Virginia with maximum penalties of 1 year in jail, $2,500 fine, and a 6-month suspension of your driver's license.

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Phil said:

thanks for the info!
i will never go to that "virginia" place...

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Capt CF said:

DC can be a funny place too. Generally they are pretty busy with real crime and leave us alone, but I used to take a shortcut through a secure facility (don't ask how I found it) that saved me a couple minutes but involved riding in a special lane and over the top of some ramps that they use to check the underside of vehicles for explosives. It worked out great until one day a dude with dark sunglasses, a curly wire behind his ear and an M4 on his shoulder stopped me and said in a rather subdued voice, "don't ever do that again". Luckily, I was carrying my PM40 in a Milt Sparks IWB so I dropped the bike and rolled to one side and drew.. wait, that was probably Jack Bauer. I never took that route again.

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Capt CF said:

I hope some folks from the area will get in here - Gunny, Germcati, etc. I haven't had any experience with it directly other than normal moving violations so I don't know how strict they are. I bet one of those dudes has been nailed pinning it (esp Germ with his busa!) so they can probably comment on how by the book it actually is. Who knows, maybe you can get most of it knocked down if you are willing to pay a fine and get a decent lawyer?

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steveved said:

Sounds like VA has gotten a lot stricter since I was stationed in Little Creek.

But, that was 17 years ago...

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Trauma said:

Where happy about your experience with your Ducati, but this thread is now about speeding, police, tickets, jail time, etc. in VA

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pikvancleef said:

... This thing is a $23,000 piece of junk and Ducati customer service is crap! They do not respond to emails or a bad review on their own survey! Buy something else!

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Trauma said:

Where happy about your experience with your Ducati, but this thread is now about speeding, police, tickets, jail time, etc. in VA

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