Penalty for Moving Violations Involving Large Vehicles

(a)Any violation of this Article committed by an operator of a large vehicle involving excessive speed, improper turns, and lane changes, violations of traffic signs and signals, ignoring lane markers, or a violation of this Article committed while such vehicle is in motion shall be subject to the following penalty enhancements:

(1)The penalty for a violation of this Article is One Hundred Dollars ($100.00);

(2)The penalty for a second violation of this Article in a calendar year is Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00); CH. 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS

(3)The penalty for third and subsequent violations of this Article in a calendar year is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and misdemeanor;

(4)The penalty for a violation of this Article involving property damage of more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or bodily injury is a third degree felony; and

(5)The penalty for a violation of this Article involving death or serious bodily injury is not less than a second degree felony.

(b)“Large vehicles” for purposes of Subsection

(a)of this Section are defined as follows:

(1)Buses that seat more than nine

(9)passengers;

(2)Any vehicle that is towing another vehicle or a trailer; and

(3)Any vehicle with a weight in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds, including, but not limited to, garbage trucks, dump trucks, cement trucks and bucket trucks.

(c)All penalties in this Section are in addition to penalties prescribed for the underlying moving violations.