I, too, had thought that wreckless was the weaving in and out of traffic, but found out on a lonely road taking the boys to a bicycle motocross race they were participating in MANY years ago that my speed was considered wreckless, even though I had full control of the vehicle and the police office even admitted that I was not posing a threat to anyone. He lowered the speed that I was clocked at and the judge gave me a break because I had had a perfect driving record.

That being said, I was told by a Republican candidate for State Senate here in VA that the original wording HAD included both in and out-of-state drivers, but DMV had lobbied the Governor because they felt it would be too difficult to collect the heavy fines from the out-of-state drivers and the Gov. relented.

I agree, it should apply to all, or it should apply to none. Also, because these laws are applied based on inter AND intra state driving, I would argue that out of state people CAN influence and already have - if they were not speeding thru Virginia to get to Florida or New York, or even Busch Gardens or Kings Dominion to beat the crowds, we might not have to worry about abusive driving fees.

I think it is a good idea to have high fines for dangerous driving, but they could have been and should have been imposed on all drivers. If the legislature then wanted to allow Virginia residents to pay large fines in installments, that could have been sold as a concession to Virginia citizens and this whole issue of discrimination need never have arisen. As for out-of-staters, hey, if you want to drive dangerously drive somewhere else.