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2019 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 11 - Bicycles and Other Vehicles, Regulation of Operation
Section 1120 - Mobile carrier device.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-1120 (2019)
Effective 5/14/2019
41-6a-1120. Mobile carrier device.
Enacted by Chapter 391, 2019 General Session
41-6a-1120. Mobile carrier device.
- (1) "Mobile carrier" means an electrically powered device that:
- (a) is operated on a sidewalk or crosswalk;
- (b) is intended primarily for the transport of property while remaining within 25 feet of the human operator;
- (c) weighs less than 150 pounds, excluding cargo;
- (d) has a maximum speed of 12.5 miles per hour;
- (e) is equipped with a technology to transport personal property with the active monitoring of a personal property owner; and
- (f) is primarily designed to remain within 25 feet of the personal property owner.
- (2) A mobile carrier is not a vehicle or personal delivery device as defined in Section 41-6a-1119.
- (3) A mobile carrier may be operated on a sidewalk or crosswalk if all of the following requirements are met:
- (a) the mobile carrier is operated in accordance with the local ordinances, if any, established by the local highway authority;
- (b) the mobile carrier remains at all times within 25 feet of the human operator while the mobile carrier is in motion;
- (c) the mobile carrier is equipped with a braking system that enables the mobile carrier to come to a controlled stop; and
- (d) if the mobile carrier is being operated between sunset and sunrise, a light on both the front and rear of the mobile carrier that is visible on all sides of the mobile carrier in clear weather from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and rear of the mobile carrier when directly in front of low beams of headlights on a motor vehicle.
- (4) A personal property owner monitoring the mobile carrier may not allow a mobile carrier to:
- (a) fail to comply with a traffic or pedestrian control device or signal;
- (b) unreasonably interfere with a pedestrian or traffic;
- (c) transport hazardous material; or
- (d) operate on a street or highway, except when crossing the street or highway within a crosswalk.
- (5) A mobile carrier has the rights and obligations applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that a mobile carrier shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk or crosswalk.
- (6) A personal property owner may not operate a mobile carrier unless the person complies with this section.
- (7) A violation of this section is an infraction.
Enacted by Chapter 391, 2019 General Session
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