SB 437

Abstract

Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty. Provides that a person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user, defined in the bill as a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle, electric wheel chair, electric bicycle, wheelchair, skateboard, skates, motorized skateboard or scooter, or animal-drawn vehicle or riding an animal, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attempt to pass another vehicle, except in certain circumstances.

Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users; penalty. Provides that a person who operates a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user, defined in the bill as a pedestrian; the operator of or passenger on a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted bicycle, wheel chair or wheel chair conveyance, skateboard, roller skates, motorized skateboard or scooter, or animal-drawn vehicle or any attached device; or any person riding an animal, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits the driver of a motor vehicle from crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attempt to pass another vehicle, except in certain circumstances.

Bicyclists and other vulnerable road users;penalty. Provides that a person who operates a motor vehiclein a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user, defined in thebill as a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle, electric wheelchair, electric bicycle, wheelchair, skateboard, skates, motorizedskateboard or scooter, or animal-drawn vehicle or riding an animal,is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits the driverof a motor vehicle from crossing into a bicycle lane to pass or attemptto pass another vehicle, except in certain circumstances.