Slow moving vehicles — Utah Permit Test

A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle on the rear of a vehicle means it is moving at less than 25 mph.

The triangle is a warning that you are closing on it far faster than it looks, which is how rear-end crashes happen on rural roads.

A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear means the vehicle is moving less than 25 mph.

A driver passing farm equipment on a Utah highway should pass with care and remember the operator cannot hear their vehicle.

A tractor cab is loud enough that the driver has no idea you are there, so they may turn without warning.

Remember, the driver cannot hear your vehicle.

Horse-drawn vehicles and horseback riders have the same right to a Utah road as a motor vehicle and must follow the same rules.

They are traffic with the same standing as a car, and they were using the road first.

They have the same right to the road as a motor vehicle.

A driver passing a horse should not use the horn or rev the engine, because it may scare the horse and cause a crash.

A frightened horse goes anywhere at all, often into the road you are on. Quiet is the only safe way past.

Do not use your horn or “rev” the engine. This may scare the horse and cause a crash.

Utah golf cart operators must comply with the same rules as a bicycle and are prohibited from consuming alcohol while operating a golf cart.

A golf cart on a public road is a vehicle, and the drink rules follow it there even though the course rules do not.

Golf cart operators are prohibited from consuming alcohol while operating a golf cart.

Utah municipalities may pass ordinances allowing golf carts on designated public roads, and operators must check local ordinances before driving one on a highway.

There is no statewide answer. The same golf cart is legal in one town and not the next one along.

Local municipalities may pass ordinances to allow golf carts to be operated on designated public roads.

What speed does a slow-moving vehicle emblem indicate?

Less than 25 mph. The triangle is a warning that you are closing on it far faster than it looks, which is how rear-end crashes happen on rural roads. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.84: “A fluorescent or reflective orange and red triangle displayed on the rear means the vehicle is moving less than 25 mph.”