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Willful and Wanton Disregard

The mental state required for reckless driving — acting with willful and wanton disregard for the traffic, signals, and road conditions.

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Another major one is reckless, which is higher than careless driving. And so reckless driving is meaning that you were acting with a willful and wantton disregard for the traffic, for signals, for the road conditions, things like that. And so it's a higher level of culpability and it's a higher charge.
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Another major one is reckless, which is higher than careless driving.

Zoe explains: "Another major one is reckless, which is higher than careless driving. And so reckless driving is meaning that you were acting with a willful and wantton disregard for the traffic, for signals, for the road conditions, things like that. And so it's a higher level of culpability and it's a higher charge."

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Colorado Reckless Driving

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