(a) 
Definition.
In this section, “vulnerable road user” means:
(1) 
A person lawfully operating or riding any of the following on a street or highway:
a. 
A bicycle, tricycle, or other pedal-powered vehicles;
b. 
A farm tractor or similar vehicle designed primarily for farm use;
c. 
A skateboard, roller skates, or in-line skates;
d. 
A pedestrian, including those persons actually engaged in work upon a highway, or in work upon utility facilities along a highway; or
e. 
A person riding or leading an animal.
(b) 
Protection of vulnerable road users.
(1) 
An operator of a motor vehicle commits an offense if, while passing a vulnerable road user on a street or highway, fails to:
a. 
Vacate the lane closest to the vulnerable road user when driving on a highway with two or more lanes traveling in the direction of the vehicle; or
b. 
Slow to a speed not to exceed:
1. 
Twenty miles per hour less than the posted speed limit when the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour or more; or
2. 
Five miles per hour when the posted speed limit is less than 25 miles per hour.
(2) 
An operator of a motor vehicle commits an offense if he knowingly throws or projects any object or substance at or against a vulnerable road user.
(3) 
It is a defense to prosecution under [subsection (1)] that, at the time of the offense, the operator of the motor vehicle was complying with a lawfully given order by a police officer.
(c) 
A violation of this section is a class c misdemeanor punishable by a fine as set out in section 1-14 of this Code.
(Ordinance 24-2019, sec. 1, adopted 6/18/19)