41-6a-802.  Turning around — Where prohibited — Visibility.

(1)  As used in this section, “railroad grade crossing” means the area between the passive or active warning signs where a railroad track and roadway intersect.

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-802

  • Operator: means :
(a) a human driver, as defined in Section 41-26-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Railroad: means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated on stationary rails. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Roadway: means that portion of highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. 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)  The operator of a vehicle may not make a U-turn or turn the vehicle to proceed in the opposite direction:

    (a)  unless the movement can be made safely and without interfering with other traffic;

    (b)  on any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of a grade, if the vehicle is not visible at a distance of 500 feet by the operator of any other vehicle approaching from either direction; and

    (c)  on a railroad track or railroad grade crossing.

    (3)  A violation of Subsection (2) is an infraction.

    Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session

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