41-6a-1506.  Motorcycles — Required equipment — Brakes.

(1)  A motorcycle and a motor-driven cycle shall be equipped with the following items:

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1506

  • Autocycle: means the same as that term is defined in Section 53-3-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Department: means 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
  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is self-propelled and a vehicle that is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Motor-driven cycle: means a motorcycle, moped, and a motorized bicycle having:
(i) an engine with less than 150 cubic centimeters displacement; or
(ii) a motor that produces not more than five horsepower. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Motorcycle: means :
    (a) a motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel with not more than three wheels in contact with the ground; or
    (b) an autocycle. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Operate: means the same as that term is defined in Section 41-1a-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • parking: means the standing of a vehicle, whether the vehicle is occupied or not. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Person: means a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
    • (a)  one head lamp that, when factory equipped with an automatic lighting ignition system, may not be disconnected;

    (b)  one tail lamp;

    (c)  either a tail lamp or a separate lamp which illuminates the rear license plate with a white light;

    (d)  one red reflector on the rear, either separate or as part of the tail lamp;

    (e)  one stop lamp;

    (f)  a braking system, other than parking brake, in accordance with Section 41-6a-1623;

    (g)  a horn or warning device in accordance with Section 41-6a-1625;

    (h)  a muffler and emission control system in accordance with Section 41-6a-1626;

    (i)  a mirror in accordance with Section 41-6a-1627; and

    (j)  tires in accordance with Section 41-6a-1636.

    • (2)  An autocycle shall be equipped with the following items:

    (a)  a seatbelt for each seat installed in the autocycle in accordance with Section 41-6a-1628;

    (b)  at least one head lamp that, when factory equipped with an automatic lighting ignition system, may not be disconnected;

    (c)  at least one tail lamp;

    (d)  either a tail lamp or a separate lamp that illuminates the rear license plate with a white light;

    (e)  at least one red reflector, either separate or as part of the tail lamp or tail lamps;

    (f)  at least one stop lamp;

    (g)  a braking system, other than a parking brake, in accordance with Section 41-6a-1623;

    (h)  a horn or warning device in accordance with Section 41-6a-1625;

    (i)  a muffler and emission control system in accordance with Section 41-6a-1626 that, when factory equipped, may not be removed;

    (j)  a mirror in accordance with Section 41-6a-1627; and

    (k)  tires in accordance with Section 41-6a-1636.

    (3)  The department may require an inspection of the braking system on a motor-driven cycle and disapprove a braking system that is not designed or constructed as to insure reasonable and reliable performance in actual use in accordance with Section 41-6a-1623.

    (4)  A person may not operate a motor-driven cycle on a highway if the department has disapproved the braking system on the motor-driven cycle.

    (5) 

    (a)  Upon notice to the party to whom the motor-driven cycle is registered, the department may suspend the registration of a motor-driven cycle if the department has disapproved the braking system under this section.

    (b)  The Motor Vehicle Division shall, under Subsection 41-1a-109(1)(e) or (2), refuse to register a motor-driven cycle if it has reason to believe the motor-driven cycle has a braking system disapproved under this section.

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

    Amended by Chapter 40, 2016 General Session

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