How to Use reckless driving in a Sentence

reckless driving

noun
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  • In exchange for his plea, one count of reckless driving was dropped.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Court records show the aunt was charged with reckless driving and four counts of second-degree child abuse.
    — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2024
  • He has been charged with murder, DUI and reckless driving.
    — Kate Marijolovic, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2023
  • Mudding, or reckless driving of any kind, will result in an eviction from the site.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
  • He was charged with reckless driving and manslaughter, but was found not guilty.
    — Steve Bowersox, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
  • The department says the truck driver was charged with reckless driving.
    — Tom Krisher, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
  • January 7 - Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, is pulled over for reckless driving.
    — CNN, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The officer pulled over the driver of a black Chevy sedan on suspicion of reckless driving.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The story of the reckless driving charge was first reported Friday by TMZ.
    — Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • Bad went to worse a day later, when Olave was arrested for reckless driving.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Chell said calls about reckless driving in NYC are down and vehicle pursuits are up.
    — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 July 2023
  • In January, Williams was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving for his role in a Dec. 22 car crash in Plano.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There were no injuries and no evidence of reckless driving, the spokesperson said, and no arrest was made.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2023
  • He is charged with reckless driving and weapons offenses.
    — Fox News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The pummeling Michigan-style beat adds some extra punch to all his talk of reckless driving and getting into the club for free.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Davidson’s charge is part of a push in the D.A.’s office to enforce reckless driving incidents.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The man faces charges of robbery, eluding police and reckless driving, police said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024
  • The next few years were filled with several arrests for drug possession, a DUI, reckless driving and more.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • He was also wanted on charges of felony assault and reckless driving in Johnston.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The judge also ordered the actor to attend 12 hours of traffic school, pay restitution, and visit a morgue to learn about the victims of reckless driving, per the NYT.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2023
  • One of the major concerns for Tempe residents is street racing and reckless driving.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Police claimed that Carter had been racing LeCroy's car in the moments before the crash and charged him with two misdemeanors: reckless driving and racing.
    — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Burns was being chased by a park ranger who had attempted to stop him on suspicion of speeding and reckless driving.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • It was later found to have been unintentional, and the driver was charged with reckless driving.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The crash is another example of reckless driving plaguing the area.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2023
  • An inquest in 2008 concluded that reckless driving by chauffeur Henri Paul and the pursuit of paparazzi combined to cause the crash.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Because of reckless driving, officers called off the chase, Harvey said.
    — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • West stopped him and arrested the president for reckless driving.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Along with the murder charge, they are charged with one count of first-degree fleeing a police officer, three counts of second-degree fleeing a police officer and three counts of reckless driving causing serious impairment of a body function.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
  • Graydon was arrested on suspicion of theft, reckless driving, possession of heroin and related offenses.
    — Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee, 2 July 2024

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