(1) As used in this section, "vulnerable user of a highway" means: (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; (b) a person riding an animal; or (c) a person operating any of the following on a highway: (i) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, without an enclosed shell; (ii) a skateboard; (iii) roller skates; (iv) in-line skates; (v) a bicycle; (vi) an electric-assisted bicycle; (vii) an electric personal assistive mobility device; (viii) a moped; (ix) a motor assisted scooter; (x) a motor-driven cycle; (xi) a motorcycle; or (xii) a manual wheelchair.

(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;

(b) a person riding an animal; or

(c) a person operating any of the following on a highway: (i) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, without an enclosed shell; (ii) a skateboard; (iii) roller skates; (iv) in-line skates; (v) a bicycle; (vi) an electric-assisted bicycle; (vii) an electric personal assistive mobility device; (viii) a moped; (ix) a motor assisted scooter; (x) a motor-driven cycle; (xi) a motorcycle; or (xii) a manual wheelchair.

(i) a farm tractor or implement of husbandry, without an enclosed shell;

(ii) a skateboard;

(iii) roller skates;

(iv) in-line skates;

(v) a bicycle;

(vi) an electric-assisted bicycle;

(vii) an electric personal assistive mobility device;

(viii) a moped;

(ix) a motor assisted scooter;

(x) a motor-driven cycle;

(xi) a motorcycle; or

(xii) a manual wheelchair.

(2) An operator of a motor vehicle may not knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly: (a) operate a motor vehicle within three feet of a vulnerable user of a highway; (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; (c) force or attempt to force a vulnerable user of a highway off of the roadway for a purpose unrelated to public safety; or (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.

(a) operate a motor vehicle within three feet of a vulnerable user of a highway;

(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;

(c) force or attempt to force a vulnerable user of a highway off of the roadway for a purpose unrelated to public safety; or

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

(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), a violation of Subsection (2) is an infraction.

(b) A violation of Subsection (2) that results in bodily injury to the vulnerable user of a highway is a class C misdemeanor.