Section 403 – Towing requirements and limitations on towing.

• (1)
  • (a) The draw-bar or other connection between any two vehicles, one of which is towing or drawing the other on a highway, may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other except:
    • (i) in the case of a connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or structural material that cannot be dismembered when transported upon a pole trailer as defined in Section 41-6a-102; or
    • (ii) when operated under a permit under Section 72-7-406.
  • (b) When the connection between the two vehicles is a chain, rope, or cable, a red flag or other signal or cloth not less than 12 inches both in length and width shall be displayed on or near the midpoint of the connection.

• (2) A person may not operate a combination of vehicles when any trailer, semitrailer, or other vehicle being towed:
  • (a) whips or swerves from side to side dangerously or unreasonably; or
  • (b) fails to follow substantially in the path of the towing vehicle.

• (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction.

Amended by Chapter 303, 2016 General Session