Chris Kopecky is founder and lead counsel of The Traffic Lawyers, P.A., based in Overland Park, Kansas. Here, he talks about what you should do if charged with reckless driving, which can have very serious consequences indeed.
Reckless driving is a serious charge in the state of Kansas. Reckless driving may be something as mild as doing donuts in a parking lot in the winter, all the way up to a more serious offense of running cars off the road as you are driving.
Reckless driving is strictly a Kansas charge, but it is considered a serious one for Kansas license holders. If you are convicted of reckless driving, not only do you face jail time but your license will also be suspended for 90 days.
Habitual Violator Violation
Reckless driving is also considered one of Kansas’ “habitual violator” violations, which in conjunction with having two others in a five-year period, such as having insurance, driving while suspended or having a DUI, will result in having your license suspended for three years.
If you have a Missouri license, but receive a reckless driving charge on the Kansas side, we have found mixed results in how it will transfer across state lines. At the worst, it will be translated into a Careless and Imprudent Driving charge, which is only a three to five point violation.
May Be Ignored
That will not cause your license to be suspended at all unless you have too many points already. In other situations, we have found the state of Missouri to ignore a reckless driving charge coming from Kansas altogether.
Reckless driving charges are relatively easy for us to deal with unless there has been some extremely bad facts supporting the charge. Typically, we can keep this charge off of your driving record and stop your license from being suspended at all. Call The Traffic Lawyers at Kopecky Law if you are concerned about a reckless driving charge today.
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