Utah Code § 41-6a-903.1: Right-of-way -- Zipper merge.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 41 Motor Vehicles
- Chapter 41-6a Traffic Code
- Part 41-6a-9 Right-of-Way
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Merge point" means the point at which two traffic lanes merge into one traffic lane.
(b) "Zipper method" means a method of merging vehicles at a merge point that involves the operators of the merging vehicles:
(i) using both lanes of traffic until the vehicles reach the merge point; and
(ii) once the vehicles reach the merge point, alternating yielding the right-of-way into the single traffic lane.
(2) An operator of a vehicle shall use the zipper method when merging at a congested merge point.
(3) A violation of this section is an infraction.
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