Utah Code § 41-6a-706.5

Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 41-6a-706.5 - Definitions - Operation of motor vehicle near a vulnerable user of a highway prohibited - Endangering a vulnerable user of a highway prohibited
(1) As used in this section, "vulnerable user of a highway" means:
(a) a pedestrian, including a person engaged in work upon a highway or upon utilities facilities along a highway or providing emergency services within the right-of-way of a highway;
(b) a person riding an animal; or
(c) a person operating any of the following on a highway:
(i) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, without an enclosed shell;
(ii) a skateboard;
(iii) roller skates;
(iv) in-line skates;
(v) a bicycle;
(vi) an electric-assisted bicycle;
(vii) an electric personal assistive mobility device;
(viii) a moped;
(ix) a motor assisted scooter;
(x) a motor-driven cycle;
(xi) a motorcycle;
(xii) a manual wheelchair; or
(xiii) a golf cart.
(2) An operator of a motor vehicle may not knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly:
(a) operate a motor vehicle within three feet of a vulnerable user of a highway;
(b) distract or attempt to distract a vulnerable user of a highway for the purpose of causing violence or injury to the vulnerable user of a highway;
(c) force or attempt to force a vulnerable user of a highway off of the roadway for a purpose unrelated to public safety; or
(d) cause a motor vehicle to emit an excessive amount of exhaust in a manner that distracts or endangers a vulnerable user of a highway.
(3)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a violation of Subsection (2) is an infraction.
(b) A violation of Subsection (2) that results in bodily injury to the vulnerable user of a highway is a class C misdemeanor.

Utah Code § 41-6a-706.5

Amended by Chapter 84, 2020 General Session ,§ 3, eff. 5/12/2020.
Amended by Chapter 461, 2019 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/14/2019.
Amended by Chapter 428, 2019 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/14/2019.
Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session ,§ 50, eff. 5/12/2015.
Amended by Chapter 431, 2013 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/14/2013.
Enacted by Chapter 216, 2005 General Session