Chances are, if you are charged with reckless driving, you probably are guilty of nothing more than a honest mistake. Lawyers who represent clients in reckless driving cases are well-qualified to present the types of defenses that are successful in preventing reckless driving convictions. One common defense to reckless driving charges is necessity or emergency. In other words, you were driving in a reckless manner because you believed that an emergency existed, and you didn't have any other alternative but to drive in the way that you did at the time of the emergency. For instance, if you were transporting a person in your vehicle that was suffering from a serious illness or injury, and driving at an excessively high rate of speed was the only means of getting him or her immediate medical treatment, then you might have a successful defense to your reckless driving charges. Another common defense to reckless driving charges that skilled defense lawyers might present is lack of identity, i.e. a lack of evidence that you were actually driving at the time of the incident.