1. (1) As used in this section, "vulnerable user of a highway" means:

   1. (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;
   2. (b) a person riding an animal; or

   3. (c) a person operating any of the following on a highway:

      1. (i) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, without an enclosed shell;
      2. (ii) a skateboard;
      3. (iii) roller skates;
      4. (iv) in-line skates;
      5. (v) a bicycle;
      6. (vi) an electric assisted bicycle;
      7. (vii) an electric personal assistive mobility device;
      8. (viii) a high power electric device;
      9. (ix) a moped;
      10. (x) a motor assisted scooter;
      11. (xi) a motorcycle;
      12. (xii) a manual wheelchair; or
      13. (xiii) a golf cart.

2. (2) An operator of a motor vehicle may not knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly:

   1. (a) operate a motor vehicle within three feet of a vulnerable user of a highway;
   2. (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;
   3. (c) force or attempt to force a vulnerable user of a highway off of the roadway for a purpose unrelated to public safety; or
   4. (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. (3)

   1. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a violation of Subsection (2) is an infraction.
   2. (b) A violation of Subsection (2) that results in bodily injury to the vulnerable user of a highway is a class C misdemeanor.

Amended by Chapter 334, 2026 General Session