(1) Any person who drives any motor vehicle in such a manner as to indicate an indifferent or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property shall be guilty of reckless driving.

(2) For purposes of determining if a person is guilty of reckless driving, evidence that such person was driving a motor vehicle in excess of double the maximum lawful speed limit shall be prima facie evidence that the motor vehicle was being driven in a manner as to indicate an indifferent or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.

Annotations

1. Reckless driving

2. Miscellaneous

1. Reckless driving

Speed alone does not support a conviction for reckless driving, but it does have a bearing on whether one was driving dangerously under the surroundings and attendant circumstances of the particular case. State v. Howard, 253 Neb. 523, 571 N.W.2d 308 (1997).

Improper turn by defendant while overtaking complainant's auto, held to be reckless driving. State v. Kufeldt, 197 Neb. 377, 248 N.W.2d 781 (1977).

Evidence of sustained inattention, resulting in a failure to heed numerous warning signs, was sufficient for a rational jury to conclude the defendant was engaged in reckless driving. State v. Knight, 31 Neb. App. 176, 978 N.W.2d 188 (2022).

Reckless driving lies somewhere between careless driving and willful reckless driving. State v. Knight, 31 Neb. App. 176, 978 N.W.2d 188 (2022).

Reckless driving occurs when any person drives a motor vehicle in such a manner as to indicate an indifferent or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property. State v. Malone, 26 Neb. App. 121, 917 N.W.2d 164 (2018).

Recklessness, for purposes of this section, has been defined as the disregard for or indifference to the safety of another or for the consequences of one's act. State v. Malone, 26 Neb. App. 121, 917 N.W.2d 164 (2018).

One cannot commit the greater offense of willful reckless driving without simultaneously committing the lesser offense of reckless driving; the only distinction between these offenses is intent. State v. Scherbarth, 24 Neb. App. 897, 900 N.W.2d 213 (2017).

Under certain circumstances, careless driving under section 60-6,212 should be instructed as a lesser-included offense of reckless driving. State v. Howard, 5 Neb. App. 596, 560 N.W.2d 516 (1997).

2. Miscellaneous

Prosecution for traffic infraction is a criminal action. State v. Knoles, 199 Neb. 211, 256 N.W.2d 873 (1977).

History of statute reviewed in considering municipal ordinance. State v. Green, 182 Neb. 615, 156 N.W.2d 724 (1968).

Upon conviction, suspension of driver's license is authorized. Kroger v. State, 158 Neb. 73, 62 N.W.2d 312 (1954).