Wednesday, May 26, 2010

When does excessive speed become reckless driving?

Did some research today and found:

These speeders were Reckless:

State v Wilkins 654 SW2d 678 Tenn 1983-----<-------120 in 45 mph
Burgess v. State, 369 S.W.2d 731 Tenn 1963-----15 over school zone
State v Crehan 2000 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 889---76 in 55 mph

These speeders were not Reckless:

State v Gose, 1996 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 42--------53 in 40 mph
State v. Brown, 1998 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 776-----55 in 30 mph
State v. Mitchell, 1997 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 871--77 in 50 mph
State v. Miller, 2002 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 137----47 in 35 mph

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