| (1) |
A person may not ride and a person operating a motor vehicle may not knowingly permit a person to ride on any portion of a vehicle not designed or intended for the use of passengers. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-1703
- 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
- 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
- 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 provision does not apply to:
| (a) |
a vehicle that is not being operated on a highway; |
| (b) |
an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of the employee’s duty; or |
| (c) |
a person riding within or on a motor vehicle in a space intended for a load on the vehicle. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 2, 2005 General Session
