Depending on the severity of your case, you may face fines, points on your license, a suspended license, jail time, and/or additional consequences. You may also be required to take counseling courses or complete a certain amount of community service hours. Some of these consequences may seem minor, but they can impact your life for years, even after you have paid fines or served jail time. It can affect how you are able to get employment, impact your family or social relationships, and how you are able to spend your time. It is partially because a reckless driving citation may impact your life on numerous levels that it is important to begin building a defense with the assistance of a Fairfax, VA traffic violation lawyer right away.