reckless driving
noun
: the act of driving a car in a dangerous manner
She has gotten two tickets for reckless driving.
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There are a lot of issues Milwaukee city officials should be focusing on, such as affordable housing, widespread pothole problems, reckless driving and lead poisoning.
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Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 23 July 2025
Cando stayed at the scene, and was arrested hours later, charged with criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
That same week, Tyler Martz was charged with reckless driving.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
In court Wylie said that reckless driving is a plague in Cincinnati, and Bloom acknowledged that.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 23 July 2025
Cando stayed at the scene, and was arrested hours later, charged with criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
That same week, Tyler Martz was charged with reckless driving.
—Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
In court Wylie said that reckless driving is a plague in Cincinnati, and Bloom acknowledged that.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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“Reckless driving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reckless%20driving. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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