Bill Text: VA HB1173 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Careless driving; cause of injury to vulnerable road user, penalty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Left in Transportation [HB1173 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB1173-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1173 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled January 14, 2016 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 46.2-816.1, relating to careless driving and infliction of injury on vulnerable road users. ---------- Patron-- Sullivan ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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 riding a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, electric power-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 a motor vehicle in a careless or distracted manner and is the proximate cause of serious physical injury to a vulnerable road user.

C. Upon conviction, the court shall suspend the driver's license of such person for a period of not less than one year or more than three years and shall order the surrender of the license to be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of §46.2-398.