{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-41-6a-1120","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 41-6a-1120","heading":"Mobile carrier device.","body":"(1) \"Mobile carrier\" means an electrically powered device that:\n(a) is operated on a sidewalk or crosswalk;\n(b) is intended primarily for the transport of property while remaining within 25 feet of the human operator;\n(c) weighs less than 150 pounds, excluding cargo;\n(d) has a maximum speed of 12.5 miles per hour;\n(e) is equipped with a technology to transport personal property with the active monitoring of a personal property owner; and\n(f) is primarily designed to remain within 25 feet of the personal property owner.\n(2) A mobile carrier is not a vehicle or personal delivery device as defined in Section 41-6a-1119.\n(3) A mobile carrier may be operated on a sidewalk or crosswalk if all of the following requirements are met:\n(a) the mobile carrier is operated in accordance with the local ordinances, if any, established by the local highway authority;\n(b) the mobile carrier remains at all times within 25 feet of the human operator while the mobile carrier is in motion;\n(c) the mobile carrier is equipped with a braking system that enables the mobile carrier to come to a controlled stop; and\n(d) if the mobile carrier is being operated between sunset and sunrise, a light on both the front and rear of the mobile carrier that is visible on all sides of the mobile carrier in clear weather from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and rear of the mobile carrier when directly in front of low beams of headlights on a motor vehicle.\n(4) A personal property owner monitoring the mobile carrier may not allow a mobile carrier to:\n(a) fail to comply with a traffic or pedestrian control device or signal;\n(b) unreasonably interfere with a pedestrian or traffic;\n(c) transport hazardous material; or\n(d) operate on a street or highway, except when crossing the street or highway within a crosswalk.\n(5) A mobile carrier has the rights and obligations applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances, except that a mobile carrier shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk or crosswalk.\n(6) A personal property owner may not operate a mobile carrier unless the person complies with this section.\n(7) A violation of this section is an infraction.","path":["Title 41 Motor Vehicles","Chapter 41-6a Traffic Code","Part 41-6a-11 Bicycles and Other Vehicles, Regulation of Operation"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title41/Chapter6a/41-6a-S1120.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"224f07d31f873b3527df3587ff7db9bcd9cb74014d025d00563cc3e286887c03","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-41-6a-1119","next":"us-ut/utah-code-41-6a-1121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}