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2012 Utah Code
Title 72 - Transportation Code
Article 7 - Protection of Highways Act
Section 403 - Towing requirements and limitations on towing.

Universal Citation:
UT Code ยง 72-7-403 (2012)
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72-7-403. Towing requirements and limitations on towing.

(1) (a) The draw-bar or other connection between any two vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other except:

(i) in the case of a connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or structural material that cannot be dismembered when transported upon a pole trailer as defined in Section 41-6a-102; or

(ii) when operated under a permit under Section 72-7-406.

(b) When the connection between the two vehicles is a chain, rope, or cable, a red flag or other signal or cloth not less than 12 inches both in length and width shall be displayed on or near the midpoint of the connection.

(2) A person may not operate a combination of vehicles when any trailer, semitrailer, or other vehicle being towed:

(a) whips or swerves from side to side dangerously or unreasonably; or

(b) fails to follow substantially in the path of the towing vehicle.

(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.


Amended by Chapter 304, 2012 General Session

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