41-6a-1004.  Emergency vehicle — Necessary signals — Duties of operatorPedestrian to yield.

(1)  A pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to an authorized emergency vehicle upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle using audible or visual signals in accordance with Section 41-6a-212 or 41-6a-1625.

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1004

  • Authorized emergency vehicle: includes :
(a) fire department vehicles;
(b) police vehicles;
(c) ambulances; and
(d) other publicly or privately owned vehicles as designated by the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Operator: means :
    (a) a human driver, as defined in Section 41-26-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Pedestrian: means a person traveling:
    (a) on foot; or
    (b) in a wheelchair. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Right-of-way: means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity that give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • (2)  This section does not relieve the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle from:

    (a)  the duty to drive with regard for the safety of all persons using the highway; nor

    (b)  from the duty to exercise care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian.

    (3)  A violation of this section is an infraction.

    Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session