Utah Code
Utah Code § 41-6a-711 (2026)
Following another vehicle -- Safe distance -- Exceptions -- Penalty
✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
UT-LEGle.utah.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
As used in this section, "connected platooning system" means a system that uses vehicle-to-vehicle communication to electronically coordinate the speed and braking of a lead vehicle with the speed and braking of one or more following vehicles.
The operator of a vehicle:
may not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having regard for the:
speed of the vehicles;
traffic upon the highway; and
condition of the highway; and
shall follow at a distance so that at least two seconds elapse before reaching the location of the vehicle directly in front of the operator's vehicle.
Subsection (2)(b) does not apply to:
funeral processions or to congested traffic conditions resulting in prevailing vehicle speeds of less than 35 miles per hour; or
the operator of a vehicle that is:
part of a connected platooning system; and
not the lead vehicle.
A violation of Subsection (2) is an infraction.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2010–2017 · leading case: State v. Outzen, 2017 UT 30 (Utah 2017).
State v. Outzen, 2017 UT 30 (Utah 2017). “See Utah Code § 41-6a-711(l)(a). 2 . Mr. Outzen filed his appeal with the court of appeals.”
State v. Sommerville, 2010 UT App 336 (Utah Ct. App. 2010). “§ 41-6a-711, failure to remain at the scene of an accident, see id.”
Utah Code § 41-6a-711(l)(a): 1 case
State v. Outzen, 2017 UT 30 (Utah 2017). “See Utah Code § 41-6a-711(l)(a). 2 . Mr. Outzen filed his appeal with the court of appeals.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.