(Selected from the translated work titled The Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, authored by Robert Zhang and Steve Li, criminal defense lawyers registered in Shanghai, China.)
Article 133 [Causing a Traffic Accident and Dangerous Driving] A driver who, violating transportation management laws and regulations, causes a major traffic accident shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than three years or custody if serious bodily injury, death, or significant losses to public or private property is caused thereby, or to imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years if the driver escapes after the traffic accident or the offense is committed under other particularly serious circumstances, or to imprisonment of not less than seven years if death is caused due to the driver's escape.
Article 133A A driver who drives a motor vehicle on the road shall be sentenced to custody and a fine if the driver:
engages in a chase or race with malicious circumstances;
drives a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol;
who is a school bus driver or engages in passenger transport services, carries passengers more than the rated passenger capacity or drives at a speed far beyond the prescribed speed limit; or
endangers public safety by transporting hazardous chemicals in violation of the provisions on the safety management of hazardous chemicals.
Where the owner or manager of a motor vehicle is directly responsible for the acts stipulated in the third or fourth item of the preceding paragraph, they shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
A person who commits any of the acts stipulated in the preceding two paragraphs that constitutes any other offenses shall be convicted of and punished for the most serious offense.
Article 133B [Hindering Safe Driving] A person who endangers public safety by using violence against the driver or grabbing the driving control device of a public transportation means in operation to interfere with its normal operation shall be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than one year, custody, or supervised release, and/or a fine.
Where the driver of a public transportation means in operation endangers public safety by leaving their duty to engage in a fight with or assault against others shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.