Towing — Utah Permit Test
Towing on the Utah permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
The drawbar or other connection between Utah tow vehicles may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other.
A longer rope means the towed car swings wide on every corner and into the lane beside you.
The drawbar or other connections between any tow vehicles may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other.
Where a Utah tow connection is a chain, rope, or cable, a red flag or other signal at least 12 inches square must be attached to it.
A rope between two cars is invisible until somebody drives into the gap. The flag is what fills it.
When a connection consists of a chain, rope, or cable, a red flag or other signal shall be attached to the connecting device. The flag shall be no smaller than 12 inches square (one-foot square.)
No Utah driver may operate a train of vehicles when the towed trailer or vehicle whips or swerves dangerously or unreasonably from side to side.
A trailer that has started to sway will not stop by itself, and it takes the towing vehicle with it.
No person shall operate a train of vehicles when any trailer or other vehicle being towed whips or swerves dangerously or unreasonably from side to side.
All Utah towed vehicles and their hitches or couplings must have one chain or cable strong enough to prevent the vehicles from separating.
If the coupling breaks at speed the chain is the only thing between the trailer and oncoming traffic.
SAFETY CHAINS OR CABLES—All towed vehicles and regular hitches or couplings must have one chain or cable strong enough to prevent the vehicles from separating.
On the test
What is the maximum length of a Utah tow connection?
15 feet. A longer rope means the towed car swings wide on every corner and into the lane beside you. Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, p.93: “The drawbar or other connections between any tow vehicles may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle to the other.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, published by the Utah Driver License Division, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/UT.pdf (Utah Driver Handbook 2026-2027, Utah Driver License Division, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/UT.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/UT-exam.html (dld.utah.gov/written-knowledge-test/ as served on 2026-09-22; the only source for the 50-question count)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, UT entry -- the folio offset of 10 and its basis, the two non-law pages, the extraction-flag score and its five welded compounds, and the record of where the exam shape comes from
- docs/plans/how-to-build-laws.md -- the rule that the manual is the syllabus and nothing enters this file without a page in it