Pedestrians — Utah Permit Test

A Utah driver must remain stopped until a pedestrian has crossed at least the driver’s half of the road, even where there is no marked or unmarked crosswalk.

Half the road is the measure. Starting off while somebody is still in front of you is the commonest way they are hit.

Vehicles must remain stopped until the pedestrian has crossed at least the driver’s half of the road even if they are not in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

A Utah driver must come to a complete stop when a pedestrian is crossing a street with a guide dog or carrying a white cane.

Somebody who cannot see your car is relying entirely on it having stopped. Slowing is not enough here.

When a pedestrian is crossing a street with a guide dog or carrying a white cane, you must come to a complete stop.

A Utah driver must yield to pedestrians even where the traffic light is green.

Green does not clear the crossing. Somebody who started walking on the last signal is still entitled to finish.

If the traffic light is green, you must yield to pedestrians.

A Utah driver must never pass a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk, because there may be people crossing that they cannot see.

A stopped car is stopped for a reason, and the reason is walking in front of it where you cannot see them.

Never pass vehicles stopped at a crosswalk; there may be people crossing that you can’t see.

Failing to yield the right-of-way was the leading driver factor in Utah pedestrian deaths in 2025.

It is not speed or drink at the top of that list. It is drivers who went when somebody was already crossing.

The leading driver contributing factors in pedestrian deaths in 2025 were: • Failing to yield right-of-way

The Utah Highway Safety Office reported a total of 41 pedestrian fatalities in 2025.

Forty-one people who were walking. Every one of them met a driver who did not stop in time.

The Highway Safety Office reported that in 2025, there were a total of 41 pedestrian fatalities.

A Utah driver should slow down near playgrounds and in residential areas, and be ready to stop quickly because children can run out from between parked vehicles.

A child between two parked cars is invisible until the moment they are in front of you.

Children can run out from between parked vehicles, be ready to stop quickly.

A Utah driver must obey a slower speed limit in a school zone whenever the lights are flashing.

The flashing lights mean children are present, and the lower limit is what gives a driver time to stop for one.

Children are present when lights are flashing in a school zone; you must obey a slower speed limit.

A Utah driver should yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and stop before the crosswalk so other vehicles can see the crossing pedestrians and stop too.

Stopping short of the paint leaves the next driver a view of the person crossing. Stopping on it hides them.

Yield to pedestrians in crosswalks and stop before the crosswalk to allow other vehicles to see the crossing pedestrians so they stop, too.

A Utah pedestrian must use a sidewalk where one exists, and where there is none should walk or jog facing traffic on the left side of the shoulder or roadway.

Facing traffic means you can see what is coming and step aside. Walking with your back to it means you cannot.

Always walk or jog facing traffic on the left side of the shoulder or roadway.

Until when must a Utah driver remain stopped for a pedestrian?

Until they clear the driver’s half. Half the road is the measure. Starting off while somebody is still in front of you is the commonest way they are hit. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.82: “Vehicles must remain stopped until the pedestrian has crossed at least the driver’s half of the road even if they are not in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.”