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2017 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 11 - Bicycles and Other Vehicles, Regulation of Operation
Section 1106 - Bicycles and human powered vehicle or device to yield right-of-way to pedestrians on sidewalks, paths, or trails -- Uses prohibited -- Negligent collision prohibited -- Speed restrictions -- Rights and duties same as pedestrians.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-1106 (2017)
41-6a-1106. Bicycles and human powered vehicle or device to yield right-of-way to pedestrians on sidewalks, paths, or trails -- Uses prohibited -- Negligent collision prohibited -- Speed restrictions -- Rights and duties same as pedestrians.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
- (1) A person operating a bicycle or a vehicle or device propelled by human power shall:
- (a) yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian; and
- (b) give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian.
- (2) A person may not operate a bicycle or a vehicle or device propelled by human power on a sidewalk, path, or trail, or across a roadway in a crosswalk, where prohibited by a traffic-control device or ordinance.
- (3) A person may not operate a bicycle or a vehicle or device propelled by human power in a negligent manner so as to collide with a:
- (a) pedestrian; or
- (b) person operating a:
- (i) bicycle; or
- (ii) vehicle or device propelled by human power.
- (4) A person operating a bicycle or a vehicle or device propelled by human power on a sidewalk, path, or trail, or across a driveway, or across a roadway on a crosswalk may not operate at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the existing conditions, giving regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.
- (5) Except as provided under Subsections (1) and (4), a person operating a bicycle or a vehicle or device propelled by human power on a sidewalk, path, or trail, or across a roadway on a crosswalk, has all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
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