2021 Colorado Code
Title 42 - Vehicles and Traffic
Article 4 - Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic
Part 14 - Other Offenses
§ 42-4-1402.5. Vulnerable Road User - Prohibition - Violations and Penalties - Definition

1. Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “vulnerable road user” means:
   1. A pedestrian;
   2. A person engaged in work upon a roadway or upon utility facilities along a roadway;
   3. A person providing emergency services within a right-of-way;
   4. A peace officer who is outside a motor vehicle and performing the peace officer's duties in a right-of-way;
   5. A person riding or leading an animal; or
   6. A person lawfully using any of the following on a public right-of-way, crosswalk, or shoulder of the roadway:
      1. A bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, tricycle, or other pedal-powered vehicle;
      2. A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for farm use;
      3. A skateboard;
      4. Roller skates;
      5. In-line skates;
      6. A scooter;
      7. A moped;
      8. A motorcycle;
      9. An off-highway vehicle;
      10. An animal-drawn, wheeled vehicle;
      11. Farm equipment;
      12. A sled;
      13. An electric personal assistive mobility device;
      14. A wheelchair;
      15. A baby stroller; or
      16. A nonmotorized pull wagon.

2. Prohibition. A person who drives a motor vehicle in violation of section 42-4-1402 and whose actions are the proximate cause of serious bodily injury, as defined in section 42-4-1601 (4)(b), to a vulnerable road user commits infliction of serious bodily injury to a vulnerable road user.
3. Violations and penalties.
   1. Infliction of serious bodily injury to a vulnerable road user is a class 1 traffic misdemeanor.
   2. In addition to the penalties imposed in subsections (3)(a) and (3)(c) of this section, the court may order the violator to:
      1. Attend a driver improvement course in accordance with section 42-4-1717; and
      2. Perform useful public service for a number of hours, which must not exceed three hundred twenty hours, to be determined by the court in accordance with section 18-1.3-507.

   3. In addition to the penalties imposed in subsections (3)(a) and (3)(b) of this section, a person who is convicted of violating this section is subject to:
      1. License suspension in accordance with section 42-2-127; and
      2. An order of restitution under part 6 of article 1.3 of title 18.

History. Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-175), ch. 331, p. 3070, § 2, effective May 29.