Bill Text: VA SB1339 | 2017 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Careless driving; infliction of injury on vulnerable road user.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Left in Courts of Justice [SB1339 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-SB1339-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 46.2-816.1 as follows:
§46.2-816.1. Careless driving and infliction of injury on vulnerable road users; penalty.
A. As used in this section, "vulnerable road user" means a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric-powered assisted bicycle, wheelchair, skateboard, roller or in-line skates, foot-scooter, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.
B. [ A person is
guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor who operates No
person shall operate ] a motor vehicle in a careless or
distracted manner [ and that ]
is the proximate cause of serious bodily injury as defined in §18.2-369 to
a vulnerable road user who is lawfully present on the highway at the time of
injury.
[ C. The court shall suspend the driver's license of
a person convicted of a violation of subsection B for up to one year and shall
order the surrender of the license, to be disposed
of in accordance with the provisions of §46.2-398. ]
