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Senate debates wide-ranging traffic code changes including speed limits, left-lane rules and 'careless driving' enhancement
Summary
Senate Bill 17 would change Utah's traffic code: allow limited use of unmarked patrol vehicles on certain roads, require DOT engineering studies to set speed limits and permit higher maximums on some routes, add a yield requirement for left-lane drivers who impede traffic, shorten the following-distance rule to two seconds and define 'careless driving' as an enhanced offense for multiple violations while distracted; the measure was circled for further work after members requested clarification.
Senate Bill 17, presented by Senator Jenkins, proposes comprehensive revisions to Utah's traffic code, including speed-limit authority, left-lane yield requirements and a new careless-driving enhancement for multiple moving violations committed while distracted.
Jenkins said the bill would allow routine patrolling by unmarked vehicles on roads with four or more lanes, require the Department of Transportation to establish speed limits based on traffic and engineering studies and, where permitted, raise some maximums (the…
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