39:4-96 - Reckless driving; punishment - New Jersey Statutes

39:4-96.     Reckless driving; punishment      39:4-96.  A person who drives a vehicle heedlessly, in willful or wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others, in a manner so as to endanger, or be likely to endanger, a person or property, shall be guilty of reckless driving and be punished by imprisonment in the county or municipal jail for a period of not more than 60 days, or by a fine of not less than $50.00 or more than $200.00, or both. 

   On a second or subsequent conviction he shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than three months, or by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500, or both. 

   Amended 1955,c.220,s.1; 1982,c.45,s.3; 1995,c.70,s.2.