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Reckless driving

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Driving with manifest recklessness and a specific danger to another person’s life or physical integrity under the applicable offence. Not every traffic violation meets these requirements.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Code · art. 380, art. 381

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