03-08-2006, 02:38 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Alexandria/Mt. Vernon, Va
Posts: 27,369
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Originally Posted by wludavid
As someone who has been charged with reckless, I can say that the crime is actually a class 1 misdemeanor, not a felony. That's enough to check "yes" on job applications when they ask if you've been convicted of a crime, but not enough to keep you from voting or owning firearms.
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It’s good you got the lesser charge. There’s been some posts here on VA’s relatively new law and why not everyone hits that jack pot
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Originally Posted by wludavid
And I, too, have gotten a ticket on Rt 30 along that stretch. I had just picked up the pace a little to get some redneck off my ass when a copper comes around a bend. Little bugger had his radar on driving up and down that road trolling for a victim.
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That’s what cops do, especially in jurisdictions without a strong tax base 
Last edited by Trak Ratt; 03-08-2006 at 02:47 PM.
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