moving violation

American  

noun

1. any of various traffic violations committed while a vehicle is in motion, as speeding, driving through a red light, or going the wrong direction on a one-way street.

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Example Sentences

Quintana-Lujan is now charged with two counts of causing death by a moving violation and nine counts of causing serious physical injury by a moving violation — all misdemeanors.

From Seattle Times

In other cases, people aren’t even aware that they’ve been charged with a moving violation or other infraction.

From Encyclopedia.com

The driver, Geraldine Johnson, 59, was charged Wednesday with a moving violation causing death.

From Seattle Times

For regular drivers, a violation would be considered a noncriminal traffic infraction and would count as a moving violation.

From Washington Times

In the 2010s, Seattle police doled out an average of roughly 40,000 tickets annually, more than 100 moving violation tickets a day.

From Seattle Times