Section 42-4-1402 - Careless driving - penalty(1) A person who drives a motor vehicle, bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or low-power scooter in a careless and imprudent manner, without due regard for the width, grade, curves, corners, traffic, and use of the streets and highways and all other attendant circumstances, is guilty of careless driving. A person convicted of careless driving of a bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, or electric scooter is not subject to section 42-2-127.(2)(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection (2), any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor traffic offense.(b) If the person's actions are the proximate cause of bodily injury to another, such person commits a class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense.(c) If the person's actions are the proximate cause of death to another, such person commits a class 1 misdemeanor traffic offense.Amended by 2019 Ch. 271,§ 12, eff. 5/23/2019.L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2392, § 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1026), ch. 1280, p. 1280, § 58, effective October 1. L. 2010: (2) amended, (SB 10-204), ch. 1080, p. 1080, § 2, effective May 21. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1221), ch. 2561, p. 2561, § 12, effective May 23.This section is similar to former § 42-4-1204 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-1402 was relocated to § 42-4-1602.
For provision that the operation of vehicles and the movement of pedestrians pursuant to this section apply upon streets and highways and elsewhere throughout the state, see § 42-4-103(2)(b).