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 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; a person riding an animal; or a person operating any of the following on a highway: a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, without an enclosed shell; a skateboard; roller skates; in-line skates; a bicycle; an electric assisted bicycle; an electric personal assistive mobility device; a high power electric device; a moped; a motor assisted scooter; a motorcycle; a manual wheelchair; or a golf cart.
(2) An operator of a motor vehicle may not knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly: operate a motor vehicle within three feet of a vulnerable user of a highway; 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; force or attempt to force a vulnerable user of a highway off of the roadway for a purpose unrelated to public safety; or 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) Except as provided in Subsection, a violation of Subsectionis an infraction. (3)(b) (2) A violation of Subsectionthat results in bodily injury to the vulnerable user of a highway is a class C misdemeanor. (2)