(a) Any person who drives any vehicle upon any street or highway, or upon any residential street, or in any parking area, or upon the ways of any institution of higher education, whether public or private, or upon the ways of any state institution, or upon the property of any County Boards of Education, or upon any property within the City Park and Public Recreation system established by the Director of Recreation of the city pursuant to this Code in willful and wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property is guilty of reckless driving.
(b) The provisions of division (a) above shall not apply to those areas which have been temporarily closed for racing sport events or which may be set aside by the Director of Recreation of the city within the City Park and Recreation system for exclusive use by motorcycles or other recreational vehicles.
(c) Every person convicted of reckless driving may be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than five days nor more than 90 days, or by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and on a second or subsequent conviction may be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or by both such fines and imprisonment.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (e) below, any person convicted of a violation of division (a) above who in doing so proximately causes another to suffer serious bodily injury shall, upon conviction, be confined in jail not less than ten days nor more than six months or fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000, or both.
(e) For purposes of division (d) above, serious bodily injury means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death, which causes serious or prolonged disfigurement, prolonged impairment of health, or prolonged loss or impairment of the function of any bodily organ.