Driver assistance systems — Utah Permit Test

Advanced driver assistance safety features are meant to assist a driver and are not there to drive the vehicle.

They are an extra pair of eyes, not a substitute for yours. The driver is still responsible for all of it.

Safety features are meant to assist you in driving; they are not there to drive the vehicle.

A Utah driver may not use certain safety features such as parking assist and cruise control during the driving skills test.

The test is measuring what you can do, so the features that do it for you are switched off.

When taking your driving skills test, you cannot use certain safety features, such as parking assist and cruise control.

Driver assistance safety features may not work correctly in rain, snow, ice, fog, hills, and curves.

They fail exactly when driving is hardest, which is the opposite of when a driver starts to rely on them.

Safety features may not work correctly in rain, snow, ice, fog, hills, and curves.

A driver should always keep vehicle sensors clean and damage-free.

A sensor under road salt sees nothing and usually says nothing about it. The warning you expect never comes.

Always keep vehicle sensors clean and damage-free.

Utah driver assistance safety features include blind spot warning, a backup camera, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assistance, and active parking assist.

Six named systems, and a driver should read the owner’s manual to find out which of them their own car has.

Safety features include but are not limited to blind spot warning, backup camera, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assistance, and active parking assist.

What are Utah driver assistance safety features for?

Assisting the driver. They are an extra pair of eyes, not a substitute for yours. The driver is still responsible for all of it. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.90: “Safety features are meant to assist you in driving; they are not there to drive the vehicle.”