Turns at intersection
This law covers how drivers are supposed to turn at intersections. Right turns stay close to the right edge of the road. Left turns start from the far left lane and end in the correct lane on the new road. Traffic signs or signals can change these rules, and drivers must follow those signs. U-turns are not allowed at intersections with traffic lights or police officers. U-turns also cannot be done on curves, near the top of a hill, or anywhere a driver cannot be seen from 300 feet away in both directions. Breaking this law is a class C misdemeanor.
Classifications stated in the statute. Actual outcomes vary.
304.341. Turns at — violation, . — 1. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:
(1) Right turns. — Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as to the right-hand curb or edge of the .
(2) Left turns. — The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to the traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and, after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
(3) The or in their respective jurisdictions may cause official to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when such devices are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at any intersection other than as directed and required by such devices.
2. It shall be for the driver of any vehicle to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection controlled by a traffic signal or police officer; nor shall such turn be made at any place unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn such vehicle around so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the , or at any place upon a roadway where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction along the roadway within a distance of three hundred feet, or where the same may create a traffic .
3. No vehicle in a shall be turned left across the roadway or so as to proceed in the opposite direction when any other vehicle is approaching from either direction where the same may create a traffic hazard.
4. the of section 304.361, violation of this section is a .
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Source & history notes
(L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 8.304.018, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
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