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of any person shall be guilty of reckless driving. Section 22-392. Specific instances of reckless driving - Generally. (10) Drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this city (a) at a speed of twenty (20) miles pe~ hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit where the applicable speed limit is thirty (30) miles per hour or less, (b) at a speed of sixty (60) miles per hour or more where the applicable maximum speed limit is thirty-five (35) miles per hour, (c) at a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour or more in excess of the applicable maximum speed limit where the applicable maximum speed limit is forty (40) miles per hour or more, or (d) in excess of eighty (80) miles per hour regardless of the posted speed limit. Section 22-423. Chemical test to determine alcoholic or drug content of blood. The provisions of Section 18.2-268(A) through (Z) of Code of Virginia in effect on July 1, 1992, are hereby incorporated by reference and adopted as a part of this section. the Section 22-426. Forfeiture of right to drive. (a) Except as provided in Section 18.2-271 of the Code of Virginia, the judgment of conviction, if for a first offense under section 22-421, or for a first offense under Section 46.2-341.24A of the Code of Virginia, shall of itself operate to deprive the person so convicted of the privilege to drive or operate any motor vehicle, engine or train in the Commonwealth for a period of one year from the date of such judgment. (b) If a person is tried on a process alleging a second offense of violating Section 22-421 or Section 46.2-341.24A of the Code of Virginia within ten (10) years of a first offense for which the person was convicted under Section 22-421 or Section 46.2-341.24A of the Code of Virginia and is convicted thereof, such person's license to operate a motor vehicle, engine or train shall be revoked for a period of three (3) years from the date of the judgment of conviction. Such period of license suspension or revocation shall run consecutively with any period of suspension for failure to permit a blood or breath sample ho be taken as required by Section 22-423 or Section 46.2-341.26A of the Code of Virginia. If any person has heretofore been convicted or found not innocent in the case of a juvenile of violating any similar act in the Commonwealth or any other state and thereafter is charged with a second violation of Section 22-421 or Section 46.2-341.24A of the Code of Virginia, such ccnviction or finding shall, for the purpose of this section