Careless and Reckless Driving
There is a big difference between Careless and
Reckless driving. A Reckless driving ticket has far harsher penalties
such as, double the Motor Vehicle points, higher fines, possible
jail time and potential insurance surcharges.
Although not as harsh as Reckless driving, a Careless
driving conviction still could have serious hidden effects to your
driver's license if you simply plead guilty.
Worse, pleading guilty, or being found guilty, of Reckless or Careless
driving may hurt you in a civil suit if you were in an accident and
possibly cost you thousands and thousands of dollars. An
experienced attorney knows how to drastically reduce the likelihood of
this happening.
Call the law offices of Kalas and Jannarone if you have received a ticket for
Careless or Reckless driving.
The Reckless Driving Statute:
39:4-96. Reckless driving; punishment
A person who drives a vehicle heedlessly, in
willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others, in a manner
so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall
be guilty of reckless driving and be punished by imprisonment in the
county or municipal jail for a period of not more than 60 days, or by a
fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $200.00, or both.
On a second or subsequent conviction he shall be punished by
imprisonment for not more than three months, or by a fine of not less than
$100 or more than $500, or both.
Amended 1955,c.220,s.1; 1982,c.45,s.3; 1995,c.70,s.2.
The Careless Driving
Statute:
39:4-97. Careless Driving
A person who drives a vehicle carelessly, or
without due caution and circumspection, in a manner so as to endanger, or
be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of careless
driving.
Amended 1951,c.23,s.54; 1955,c.220,s.2; 1995,c.70,s.3.
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