A 4-minute lesson from the Utah course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Rural roads bring slow traffic: farm equipment, horse-drawn buggies, and riders on horseback. Some ATVs and UTVs can also be registered as street-legal, with strict limits on where and how fast they may go.
Know the rule
A fluorescent or reflective orange-and-red triangle on the rear of a vehicle means it moves at less than 25 mph. Use caution and be sure it is safe before you pass.
Golf carts may use designated public roads only where local ordinances allow. Operators follow the same rules as a bicycle and may not drink alcohol while operating.
Horse-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same right to the road as motor vehicles and follow the same rules. Pass with care, never honk or rev your engine, and watch for left turns into fields and driveways.
Street-legal ATVs, UTVs, and FSVs follow motorcycle rules for traffic laws, registration, titles, and plates, and must meet county emissions inspection programs. A Class D license or CDL lets you drive one.
They may run only on highways with one lane in each direction, at the posted limit or 50 mph, whichever is lower. On a highway posted above 50 mph, stay on the far right and use a reflector or reflective tape.
You're driving a street-legal UTV on a two-lane state road posted at 55 mph. You may go no faster than 50 mph, must keep to the far right of the road, and need a reflector or reflective tape.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Horse-drawn vehicles and horseback riders on the road:
Must always yield to motor vehicles
Are prohibited on public roads
Have the same right to the road as a motor vehicle
Only have rights on dedicated trails
Answer: Have the same right to the road as a motor vehicle
Horse-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same right to the road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules.
