A system for transferring a utility vehicle between a driver and a management system in order to autonomously operate the utility vehicle in a restricted area, including: a vehicle interface to allow the driver to request the transfer of the utility vehicle; a safety module to establish a safe state of the utility vehicle; and a control module to transfer the vehicle between the driver and the management system if the driver has requested the transfer and the safety module has established the safe state. Also described are a related utility vehicle, a management system, a method, and a computer readable medium.