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You May Serve Jail Time For A Virginia Speeding Conviction

If you are convicted of speeding in Virginia, you may be surprised to find out that you could do time in jail. This is because in Virginia, certain speeding violations are considered a class 1 misdemeanor. Statutes state that if you drive more than 80 mph, or exceed the legal speed limit by more than 20 mph, then an officer will charge you with reckless driving speeding. And besides fines, license suspensions, and a permanent criminal record, a reckless driving conviction carries the possibility of serving time in jail.

If a judge does decide that you should be sent to jail for speeding in Virginia, some judges rely on a mathematical formula. According to the formula, you may serve 2 days in jail for every mph that you were exceeding 90 mph. If you were exceeding a speed of 100 mph, then under this formula you would serve an additional 30 days in jail. And so if you are determined to have been driving at 103 mph, then your jail time may be estimated as follows:

13 mph over x 2 = 26, + an additional 30 = 56 days in jail

If you have recently been charged with speeding in Virginia, you may want to know what consequences you face. To learn more you can visit our article Are Speed Traps Legal in Virginia? 

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