Bellevue, WA asked in Car Accidents and Criminal Law for Washington

Q: Can you be charged with reckless driving for an incident that you were already given a 2nd degree negligent driving tick

Shohomish county WA is were the incident took place

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Brian Lehman
Brian Lehman
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A: Yes: As the website below explains, "section three of the statute says, basically, is that if you’ve been charged with a crime because of your crazy driving (say reckless driving or reckless endangerment, or even DUI), you can still be cited under this section. They are just pointing out that this isn’t criminal so they can hit you twice if they really want to."

http://emeraldcitytrafficdefense.com/negligent-driving-2nd-degree-ticket/

I highly recommend getting a lawyer who specializes in this area.

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