Willful reckless driving is characterized by a deliberate disregard for the safety of others or their property. For there to be willful reckless driving it is not necessary that there be property damage or injury inflicted. Here, intentional or deliberate disregard for the safety or property of others was lacking, since there was no evidence of the presence of any persons or property subjected to danger in the area, and the defendant was only driving 36 m.p.h. in a 25-m.p.h. zone. State v. Douglas, 239 Neb. 891, 479 N.W.2d 457 (1992).

History of statute reviewed in considering municipal ordinance. State v. Green, 182 Neb. 615, 156 N.W.2d 724 (1968).

The conscious and intentional driving which the driver knows, or should know, creates an unreasonable risk of harm is sufficient to sustain a conviction. State v. DiLorenzo, 181 Neb. 59, 146 N.W.2d 791 (1966).

One cannot commit the greater offense of willful reckless driving without simultaneously committing the lesser offense of reckless driving; the only distinction between these offenses is intent. State v. Scherbarth, 24 Neb. App. 897, 900 N.W.2d 213 (2017).