Veh. Code, § 23109.1 · Article 1. Driving Offenses
Veh. Code, § 23109.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person convicted of engaging in a motor vehicle speed contest in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 23109 that proximately causes one or more of the injuries specified in subdivision (b) to a person other than the driver, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by imprisonment in a county jail for not less than 30 days nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(b) This section applies to all of the following injuries:
(1) A loss of consciousness.
(2) A concussion.
(3) A bone fracture.
(4) A protracted loss or impairment of function of a bodily member or organ.
(5) A wound requiring extensive suturing.
(6) A serious disfigurement.
(7) Brain injury.
(8) Paralysis.
(c) This section does not preclude or prohibit prosecution under any other provision of law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 612. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.
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- Veh. Code, § 12810Printed as Section 23109.1
- Veh. Code, § 13352Printed as Section 23109.1
- Veh. Code, § 23104Printed as Section 23103, 23104, 23105, 23109, 23109.1, 23152, or 23153
- Veh. Code, § 40800Printed as Section 23109 or 23109.1
- Veh. Code, § 40804Printed as Section 23109 or 23109.1
- Veh. Code, § 42009Printed as Section 23109 or 23109.1
- Veh. Code, § 42010Printed as Section 23109 or 23109.1
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