§ 11-6. Reckless driving on certain parking lots.  


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  • (a)

    For the purpose of this section, a "parking lot" is defined as any parking lot open to the public and designed to accommodate fifty or more vehicles, as well as any privately owned road or street serving as access to the actual parking area and connecting thereto, provided the road or street is also open to the public.

    (b)

    A person shall be guilty of reckless driving and a Class 1 misdemeanor if such person:

    (1)

    Operates a motor vehicle upon a parking lot twenty miles per hour or more in excess of any posted speed limit; or

    (2)

    Operates a motor vehicle upon a parking lot recklessly or at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger the life, limb or property of any person. (9-21-17.)

    (STATE LAW REFERENCE—Authority for above section, see Code of Virginia, Sec. 46.2-1219; similar provisions applicable to highways, Secs. 46.2-852, 46.2-863 and 46.2-881.)