12.52.355: NEGLIGENT OPERATION CAUSING PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH:
   A.   Definitions:
   BODILY INJURY: Injury not amounting to serious bodily injury.
   SERIOUS BODILY INJURY: Bodily injury that creates or causes serious permanent disfigurement, protracted loss, or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ for longer than six (6) months, or creates a substantial risk of death.
   B.   Failure To Yield Deemed A Misdemeanor: The operator of any vehicle who negligently fails to yield the right of way as required by any section of this title which failure is the direct proximate cause of serious bodily injury or death to any person, whether such injured or deceased person is a pedestrian or an occupant of a vehicle, shall be deemed guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
   C.   Failure To Yield Deemed An Infraction: The operator of any vehicle who negligently fails to yield the right of way, as required by any section of this title, which failure is the direct proximate cause of bodily injury to any person, whether such injured person is a pedestrian or an occupant of a vehicle, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction. (Ord. 21-03 § 2, 2003: Ord. 62-02 § 24, 2002)