Virginia Speeding Ticket Guide
Virginia's speeding laws, fines and points, in plain English
What a Virginia speeding ticket costs, the DMV points it adds, and when speed becomes reckless driving — cited to the Code of Virginia.
Every page cites the Code of Virginia, links to the official text, and shows the date it was last checked. How these guides are researched.
Speed Limits & the Law
Virginia's statutory speed limits, the sections that make speeding an offense, and the point at which a ticket becomes a criminal charge.
- Virginia Speeding Laws: From Infraction to Misdemeanor
Speeding in Virginia is an infraction until 20 over or 85 mph, when it becomes reckless driving, a Class 1 misdemeanor. Where the line sits, and why.
- Virginia Speed Limits by Road, Vehicle and Zone
The Virginia speed limit is 55 mph by default, 70 where posted and 25 in a residence district — with the reckless driving line 20 over or 85 mph.
- Felony Speeding in Virginia: When Speed Becomes a Crime
Speeding is not a felony in Virginia — it is an infraction, or reckless driving at 20 over or 85 mph. The two narrow provisions that do make it a felony.
Fines & Costs
What a speeding ticket costs in Virginia: the $6-per-mph fine formula, the fixed court fee, and the insurance cost that outlasts both.
- Virginia Speeding Ticket Cost: Fine, Court Costs and Points
A Virginia speeding ticket costs $6 per mph over the limit plus $51 in fixed court costs — the statutory formula, the zone rates and what comes after.
- How Much Is a 15 Over Speeding Ticket in Virginia?
A 15 over speeding ticket in Virginia costs $141 — a $90 fine plus $51 in court costs — with 4 demerit points. Every overage from 5 to 19, worked out.
Points & Your Record
The DMV demerit points a speeding conviction carries, how long it stays on a Virginia driving record, and which speed tickets never reach the record at all.
- Virginia Speeding Ticket Points: 3, 4 or 6
A Virginia speeding ticket carries 3, 4 or 6 demerit points by overage. How long they count, the DMV thresholds, and how a clinic removes five of them.
- How Long Does a Speeding Ticket Stay on Your Record in Virginia?
How long does a speeding ticket stay on record in Virginia? Five years, while the demerit points count for two — and reckless driving stays eleven.
- Do Speed Camera Tickets Go on Your Record in Virginia?
Do speed camera tickets go on your record in Virginia? Not the mailed ones: no conviction, no points and no insurance use — with one exception.
Your Summons & the Court
What to do with a Virginia speeding summons: prepaying it, the court date, contesting the reading, and the ten-day appeal.
- Virginia Speeding Ticket: What Happens After the Stop
What a Virginia speeding ticket commits you to: paying it online or appearing, the court date, the demerit points, and what an out-of-state driver faces.
- Fighting a Speeding Ticket in Virginia
Fighting a speeding ticket in Virginia: why prepaying ends it, what the calibration rules in § 46.2-882 allow, and what actually persuades a judge.