41-6a-711. Following another vehicle -- Safe distance -- Exceptions -- Penalty.
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Effective 5/8/2018
41-6a-711. Following another vehicle -- Safe distance -- Exceptions -- Penalty.
(1)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.
(2)The operator of a vehicle:
(a)may not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having regard for the:
(i)speed of the vehicles;
(ii)traffic upon the highway; and
(iii)condition of the highway; and
(b)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.
(3)Subsection (2)(b) does not apply to:
(a)funeral processions or to congested traffic conditions resulting in prevailing vehicle speeds of less than 35 miles per hour; or
(b)the operator of a vehicle that is:
(i)part of a connected platooning system; and
(ii)not the lead vehicle.
(4)A violation of Subsection
(2)is an infraction.
Amended by Chapter 263 , 2018 General Session