2006 Utah Code - 41-6a-710 — Roadway divided into marked lanes -- Provisions -- Traffic-control devices.

     41-6a-710.   Roadway divided into marked lanes -- Provisions -- Traffic-control devices.
     On a roadway divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic the following provisions apply:
     (1) A person operating a vehicle:
     (a) shall keep the vehicle as nearly as practical entirely within a single lane; and
     (b) may not move the vehicle from the lane until the operator has determined the movement can be made safely.
     (2) On a roadway divided into three or more lanes and providing for two-way movement of traffic, a person operating a vehicle may not drive in the center lane except:
     (a) when overtaking and passing another vehicle traveling in the same direction, and when the center lane is:
     (i) clear of traffic within a safe distance; and
     (ii) not a two-way left turn lane;
     (b) in preparation of making or completing a left turn in compliance with Section 41-6a-801; or
     (c) where the center lane is allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the same direction that the vehicle is proceeding as indicated by traffic-control devices.
     (3) (a) A highway authority may erect traffic-control devices directing specified traffic to use a designated lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway.
     (b) An operator of a vehicle shall obey the directions of a traffic-control device erected under Subsection (3)(a).

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session