What is street racing?
What is Causing Death by Criminal Negligence (street racing)?
What is Causing Bodily Harm by Criminal Negligence (street racing)?
What is Dangerous Operation of a Motor vehicle while street racing?
Street racing is defined in the Criminal Code as operating a motor vehicle in a race with at least one other motor vehicle on a street, road, highway or other public place. There are three offences related to street racing:
1. Causing death by criminal negligence (street racing)
Section 249.2 of the Criminal Code: Everyone who by criminal negligence causes death to another person while street racing is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life.
2. Causing bodily harm by criminal negligence (street racing)
Section 249.3 of the Criminal Code: Everyone who by criminal negligence causes bodily harm to another person while street racing is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
3. Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle while street racing
Section 249.4 of the Criminal Code: Everyone commits an offence who, while street racing, operates a motor vehicle in a manner that is dangerous to the public, having regard to all the circumstances, including the nature, condition and use of the place at which the motor vehicle is being operated and the amount of traffic that at the time is or might reasonably be expected to be at that place.
Dangerous operation results in the following punishment: