What is a wet reckless and can I get one?
A wet reckless isn't a separate offense in Florida's statutes. It's shorthand for a DUI that resolves as reckless driving, frequently with conditions resembling DUI penalties — DUI school, community service, probation.
Why it matters: reckless driving carries lighter statutory consequences, doesn't carry the DUI license revocation in the same form, and in some circumstances can be eligible for sealing where a DUI conviction never would be.
It isn't automatic. The prosecutor has to agree, or the case has to resolve in a way that supports the reduction. What tends to support it is a problem with the State's case — a stop with a weak basis, a breath test with compliance issues, an observation period that doesn't hold up.
What tends to prevent it: a high reading, a crash, injury, a prior record, or a case where the State's evidence is clean.
This isn't asked for. It's earned by finding the problem in the case. ---
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