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Vehicle Code - VEH

DIVISION 17. OFFENSES AND PROSECUTION [40000.1 - 41610]

  ( Division 17 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )
  

CHAPTER 3. Illegal Evidence [40800 - 40834]

  ( Chapter 3 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Civil Actions [40830 - 40834]
  ( Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. )

  
40831.  

In any civil action proof of speed in excess of any prima facie limit declared in Section 22352 at a particular time and place does not establish negligence as a matter of law but in all such actions it shall be necessary to establish as a fact that the operation of a vehicle at the excess speed constituted negligence.

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)