41-6a-801. Turning — Manner — Traffic-control devices. The
operator of a
vehicle shall make turns as follows, and a violation of this section is an infraction:
| (1) |
Right turns: both a right turn and an approach for a right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. |
Terms Used In Utah Code 41-6a-801
- Highway: means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Highway authority: means the same as that term is defined in Section 72-1-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Intersection: means the area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two or more highways that join one another. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Operator: means :
| (a) | a human driver, as defined in Section 41-26-102. See Utah Code 41-6a-102- Roadway: means that portion of highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purpose of travel. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Traffic-control device: means a sign, signal, marking, or device not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by a highway authority for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
- Two-way left turn lane: means a lane:
| (a) | provided for vehicle operators making left turns in either direction; |
| (b) | that is not used for passing, overtaking, or through travel; and |
| (c) | that has been indicated by a lane traffic-control device that may include lane markings. See Utah Code 41-6a-102- Vehicle: means a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a highway, except a mobile carrier, as defined in Section 41-6a-1120, or a device used exclusively on stationary rails or tracks. See Utah Code 41-6a-102
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| (2) |
Left turns:
| (a) |
the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn from the extreme left-hand lane for traffic moving in the same direction; |
| (b) |
whenever practicable, shall be made by turning onto the roadway being entered in the extreme left-hand lane for traffic moving in the new direction, unless otherwise directed by a traffic-control device; and |
| (c) |
may be made on a highway across solid double yellow line pavement markings indicating a two-direction, no-passing zone. |
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| (3) |
Two-way left turn lanes:
| (a) |
where a two-way left turn lane is provided, a left turn may not be made from any other lane; |
| (b) |
a vehicle may not be driven in the two-way left turn lane except when preparing for or making:
| (i) |
a left turn from or into the roadway; or |
| (ii) |
a U-turn except when prohibited by a traffic-control device; |
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| (c) |
| (i) |
except as provided under Subsection (3)(c)(ii), the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left may not enter a two-way left turn lane more than 500 feet prior to making the turn; |
| (ii) |
if traffic in the two-way left turn lane extends beyond 500 feet, the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left may enter the two-way left turn lane immediately upon reaching the last vehicle in the two-way left turn lane; |
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| (d) |
the operator of a vehicle that has turned left into the two-way left turn lane may not travel in the lane more than 500 feet unless the operator intends to turn left and Subsection (3)(c)(ii) applies; and |
| (e) |
the operator of a vehicle may not travel straight through an intersection in a two-way left turn lane. |
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| (4) |
| (a) |
A highway authority in its jurisdiction may provide exceptions to the provisions of this section by erecting traffic-control devices directing a different course to be traveled by turning vehicles. |
| (b) |
The operator of a vehicle may not turn a vehicle in violation of a traffic-control device erected under Subsection (4)(a). |
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Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
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