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As used in this section:
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-903.1- Operator: means :
| (a) | a human driver, as defined in Section 41-26-102. 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
- 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
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“Merge point” means the point at which two traffic lanes merge into one traffic lane. |
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“Zipper method” means a method of merging vehicles at a merge point that involves the operators of the merging vehicles:
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using both lanes of traffic until the vehicles reach the merge point; and |
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once the vehicles reach the merge point, alternating yielding the right-of-way into the single traffic lane. |
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An operator of a vehicle shall use the zipper method when merging at a congested merge point. |
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A violation of this section is an infraction. |
Enacted by Chapter 47, 2022 General Session
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