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2023 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 7 - Driving on Right Side of Highway and Passing
Section 718 - Operation of a snowplow -- Approaching a snowplow -- Prohibition to pass.
Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-718 (2023)
Effective 5/3/2023
41-6a-718. Operation of a snowplow -- Approaching a snowplow -- Prohibition to pass.
Enacted by Chapter 219, 2023 General Session
41-6a-718. Operation of a snowplow -- Approaching a snowplow -- Prohibition to pass.
- (1)
- (a) A snowplow operator shall ensure that a snowplow in operation on a highway displays flashing yellow lights.
- (b) An individual operating a snowplow as an agent of a highway authority, while engaged in the removal of snow or ice on a highway, may not be charged with a violation under this chapter related to parking, standing, turning, backing, or yielding the right-of-way.
- (c) Notwithstanding the exemptions described in Subsection (1)(b), an individual operating a snowplow shall operate the snowplow with reasonable care.
- (2) If a snowplow is displaying flashing yellow lights, an individual operating a vehicle in the vicinity of the snowplow may not pass or overtake a snowplow on a side of the snowplow where a plow blade is deployed.
- (3) If three or more snowplows are operating in echelon formation, an individual operating a vehicle in the vicinity of the snowplows may not overtake or pass the snowplows on either side of the snowplows.
- (4) A violation of Subsection (2) or (3) is an infraction.
Enacted by Chapter 219, 2023 General Session
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