41-6a-907.  Vehicles emerging from alleys, buildings, private roads, or driveways must stop prior to sidewalk area or street.

(1)  The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, building, private road or driveway within a business or residence district shall stop:

Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-907

  • Alley: means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for through vehicular traffic. 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
  • Private road or driveway: means every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
  • Road: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Sidewalk: means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians. 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
  • (a)  the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across the alley, building, private road, or driveway; or

    (b)  if there is no sidewalk area, at the point nearest the street to be entered where the operator has a view of approaching traffic.

    (2)  A violation of Subsection (1) is an infraction.

    Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session