The division, upon receiving an application for a motorcycle learner permit, may issue a motorcycle learner permit effective for six months to an applicant who:
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-3-210.6
CDL: means a license:
(a)
issued substantially in accordance with the requirements of Title XII, Pub. See Utah Code 53-3-102
Division: means the Driver License Division of the department created in Section 53-3-103. See Utah Code 53-3-102
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 traffic. See Utah Code 53-3-102
License: means the privilege to drive a motor vehicle. See Utah Code 53-3-102
Motorcycle: means every 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. See Utah Code 53-3-102
holds an original or provisional class D license, a CDL, or an out-of-state equivalent of an original or provisional class D license or a CDL; and
(b)
has passed the motorcycle knowledge test.
(2)
A motorcycle learner permit entitles an applicant to operate a motorcycle on a highway subject to the restrictions in Subsection (3).
(3)
(a)
For the first two months from the date a motorcycle learner permit is issued, the operator of a motorcycle holding the motorcycle learner permit may not operate a motorcycle:
(i)
on a highway with a posted speed limit of more than 60 miles per hour;
(ii)
with any passengers; or
(iii)
during the nighttime hours after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m.
(b)
For the third through sixth months from the date a motorcycle learner permit is issued, the operator of a motorcycle holding the motorcycle learner permit may operate a motorcycle without any restrictions imposed under this Subsection (3).
(c)
It is an affirmative defense to a charge that a person who has been issued a motorcycle learner permit is operating a motorcycle in violation of the restrictions under Subsection (3)(a) if the person is operating the motorcycle:
(i)
for the operator’s employment, including the trip to and from the operator’s residence and the operator’s employment;
(ii)
on assignment of a rancher or farmer and the operator is engaged in an agricultural operation; or
(iii)
in an emergency.
(d)
A violation of Subsection (3)(a) is an infraction.
(4)
In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the division shall make rules governing the issuance of a motorcycle learner permit and establishing the proof requirements for an applicant to demonstrate that the applicant has completed a motorcycle rider education program.
