# Colorado — Reckless / excessive-speeding mph thresholds that trigger a criminal charge, by state

For Colorado, threshold over the posted limit is twenty-five or more miles per hour in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of the maximum lawful speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour; offense classification is class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense; statute is C.R.S. § 42-4-1101(12)(b) — Speed limits, verified against its source on 2026-08-20.

- **State:** Colorado _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Threshold over the posted limit:** twenty-five or more miles per hour in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of the maximum lawful speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Offense classification:** class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** C.R.S. § 42-4-1101(12)(b) — Speed limits _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> (b) A violation of driving twenty-five or more miles per hour in excess of the reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of the maximum lawful speed limit of seventy-five miles per hour is a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense;

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-42-vehicles-and-traffic/co-rev-st-sect-42-4-1101.html

Last verified: 2026-08-20. Review by: 2027-08-20.
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