Utah DMV Cheat Sheet

Correct answer: 18 months

If you refuse a chemical test, your driver license is revoked for 18 months for a first offense (and 36 months for a second or subsequent offense).

Correct answer: Increased by the amount of the original time period

Driving while denied, suspended, or revoked can bring up to 90 days in jail and a fine, and the length of your original suspension is increased by the amount of the original time period — for example, a three-month suspension gains another three months.

Correct answer: 200 or more

If a driver over 21 acquires 200 or more points within a three-year period, they will be asked to appear for a hearing that may result in probation, a defensive-driving course, or suspension.

Correct answer: 70 or more

A driver under 21 who acquires 70 or more points within a three-year period will be asked to appear for a hearing. The lower threshold reflects the stricter standard for young drivers.

Correct answer: A front plate is not required after January 1, 2025, but the rear plate must show current registration

As of January 1, 2025, a front plate is not required in Utah. The rear plate, however, must show current registration for the vehicle you provide for the driving skills test.

Correct answer: Only immediate family members

For the first six months from the issue date of a 16-year-old’s license, only immediate family members may be passengers in the vehicle.

Correct answer: No — drivers with an out-of-state learner permit may not drive in Utah

Drivers with an out-of-state learner permit may NOT drive in Utah. To drive, you must apply for a Utah license or permit through the Driver License Division.

Correct answer: 50 feet

You may not park on any railroad track or within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.

Correct answer: Toward the curb, so the front tire touches it

To downhill park, turn your wheel toward the curb, ensuring the front tire touches the curb to secure the vehicle’s position. Then put it in park and set the parking brake.

Correct answer: Away from the curb, so the front tire rests back against it

To uphill park, turn your wheel away from the curb while ensuring the front tire touches the curb to secure the vehicle. If the vehicle rolls, the tire settles back against the curb.

Correct answer: You must attend a four-hour live classroom defensive driving course within 90 days, or your license is suspended for 90 days

A conviction for not following the Move Over law requires you to attend a four-hour live classroom defensive driving course within 90 days. If you fail to attend, your license is suspended for 90 days.

Correct answer: If practical and safe, make a lane change out of the HOV lane into a lane not adjacent to the vehicle

When approaching a stationary vehicle displaying amber lights, a driver in the HOV lane must — if practical and with due regard to safety and traffic — change out of the HOV lane into a lane not adjacent to the vehicle.

Correct answer: No — traffic traveling in the opposite direction across the median is not required to stop

On a divided highway of four or more lanes with a median separating traffic, only the vehicles behind the bus must stop. Traffic traveling in the opposite direction across the median is not required to stop.

Correct answer: Six inches

Six inches of water will reach the bottom of most passenger cars, causing loss of control or possible stalling.

Correct answer: To the right — the same direction the rear is sliding

If your rear wheels skid to the right, turn your front wheels to the right; if they skid left, steer left. Don’t steer too far, ease off the gas, and don’t slam on the brakes.

Correct answer: Crossing the line is prohibited

A solid white line separating an express or carpool lane from the general lanes means crossing is prohibited. On I-15 express lanes, you may enter or exit only at marked access points.

Correct answer: No more than 500 feet before making your turn

A shared center left-turn lane in the middle of the road is used by drivers going both directions to make left turns. You may not enter it more than 500 feet before making your turn.

Correct answer: 15 mph or less, on a road with a speed limit of 45 mph or less

Lane filtering is allowed only on a roadway with two or more lanes in the same direction and a speed limit of 45 mph or less, while the motorcycle travels 15 mph or less and the vehicle being passed is stopped.

Correct answer: May not drive through, around, or under them

You may not drive through, around, or under any crossing gate or barrier while it is down or being opened or closed. Remain stopped until the gates are raised and the lights stop flashing.

Correct answer: Flashing red, red and white, or red and blue lights

The law requires you to slow down when approaching any authorized vehicle displaying flashing red, red and white, or red and blue lights.

Correct answer: You may not pass or overtake the snowplow on the side where the plow blade is deployed

You may not pass or overtake a snowplow with flashing yellow lights on the side where a plow blade is deployed. If three or more snowplows operate in echelon formation, you may not pass on either side.

Correct answer: Move safely to the right to let it pass — you can be cited for impeding traffic if you do not

A vehicle in the left lane must move safely to the right when approached from behind to avoid impeding traffic. You can be cited for impeding traffic if you do not change lanes and allow the following vehicle to pass.

Correct answer: Only at access points with white dotted striping — it is illegal to cross the double white line

It is illegal to cross the double white line separating the express lanes from the general lanes. You may move in and out only at access points marked with white dotted striping, located near most interchanges.

Correct answer: Drives with any measurable amount of alcohol in their body

The Not-a-Drop Act is a zero-tolerance rule: it applies when a person under 21 drives with any measurable amount of alcohol in their body — there is no “safe” amount for a driver under 21.

Correct answer: Two years

If a driver under 21 refuses a chemical test, the license is revoked for two years for a first offense; for a second or subsequent offense it is 36 months or until age 21, whichever is longer.