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Alright - here's the deal on VA's views on reckless driving. It all depends on what the cop says, what you were doing, how fast, so on. It's like this, and I'm talking from experience. Personal.
On I-66 coming into manassass I was in a rush to get to my g/f's place. It was about 1 in the morning, and there'd been an accident on 81 which i was stuck behind. My g/f was expecting me at about 12, so I didn't want her to worry longer than necessary. I'd been flying the whole way, around 100 on 81, 95 on 66. Now there's ALWAYS cops on the manasass borders, which is where i was gonna slow down, but this time they were waiting a little farther out. Clocked me doing 97 in a 65. Yeah, bad news. In court, the judge came down on my hard, giving me 90 days in jail, and suspending my license for 6 mos. Fortunately, she thought i was worth suspending 89 of the days (I still remember her emphatically saying, "You ARE going to jail...." and sure enough, I did.) giving me probation on the condition that if I got any traffic ticket in the next year, I'd go back for the rest of my sentence.
Now this isn't meant to scare you... that's just my experience. Remember, I was doing 32 over.... 3 mph more that night, and the cop said he would've hauled me off to jail that night. Other people got reckless doing around your speed, and she actually knocked it down to just speeding. It all depends on your best record. But if she/he decides to be a prick and go the full 9 yards, you'll have the option of putting off the court date a little over a couple months and coming back with an attorney. If this option is given to you, TAKE IT.
I know this post wasn't much of a help, and probably didn't put you in high spirits, but just trying to give you a realistic idea of what's going on.
And yes, get your wheels calibrated.
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