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169.13.1

Statute ID: 17376

Statute Function ID: 36166

Traffic - Reckless Driving

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Statute Number:

169.13.1

Enactment Date:

Apr 12, 2019

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2019

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic - Reckless Driving

Statute ID:

17376

Created:

Jul 8, 2019 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 8, 2019 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2019 c 10 sect 1; Added light rail transit vehicle to (a)

Summary Text:

Traffic - Reckless Driving

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/13.html

Legislative Session:

2019 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 8, 2019

(a) A person who drives a motor vehicle or light rail transit vehicle while aware of and consciously disregarding a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the driving may result in harm to another or another's property is guilty of reckless driving. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that disregard of it constitutes a significant deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.
 
(b) A person shall not race any vehicle upon any street or highway of this state. Any person who willfully compares or contests relative speeds by operating one or more vehicles is guilty of racing, which constitutes reckless driving, whether or not the speed contested or compared is in excess of the maximum speed prescribed by law.

(c) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b) and causes great bodily harm or death to another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

(d) For purposes of this section, "great bodily harm" has the meaning given in section 609.02, subdivision 8.