(A) No person shall operate a motor vehicle in any manner commonly described as "scratching off" upon any public street, highway, road, alley, drive or other public way, or upon the grounds and premises of any service station, drive-in theater, store, restaurant or other business establishment providing parking or loading and unloading automobile space for customers, patrons or the public.
(B) For the purposes of this section,
SCRATCHING OFF shall be defined as operating a motor vehicle from a standing or parked position by rapid acceleration or other mechanical means of operation so as to cause the wheels of the vehicle to spin in place prior to or during the initial forward movement of the vehicle, or operating a vehicle so as to cause the vehicle, in its initial movement from a standing or parked position, to travel at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and necessary for the normal operation of a motor vehicle according to accepted standard practices for vehicle operation, or at a rate of speed or in a manner so that will endanger or be likely to endanger persons or property, or in a heedless manner willfully disregarding the rights of others and without due caution.
(1977 Code, § 17-21) Penalty, see § 70.99