Velasquez v. Super. Ct.
Annotate this CasePetitioner was charged with reckless driving a vehicle under Vehicle Code section 23103 because he collided with a pedestrian while intoxicated and riding his bike and seriously injured her. The People filed a felony complaint for arrest that alleged reckless driving causing specified injury under Vehicle Code 23105, subd.(a). Vehicle Code section 21200, subd.(a) subjects a bicyclist to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle. The court concluded that, where as here, it is alleged that a reckless, intoxicated driver of a bicycle inflicted one of the injuries listed in section 23105, section 21200 provides notice that the bicyclist could be subject to the same criminal penalties as a reckless driver of a motor vehicle. Therefore, petitioner was properly charged with violating sections 23103 and 23105.
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