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The following junction types typically permit U-turns but are not designed specifically for that purpose. Normal at-grade intersections on divided highways often allow traffic traveling on the divided highway to perform a U-turn, often when there is a green light for traffic turning onto the side road, crossing the opposing lanes (left turns in countries where traffic drives on the right ...
Making a U-turn on a curve, a slope, a narrow road, a narrow bridge, or a tunnel. Making a U-turn at a road segment signed No U-turn or painted double solid yellow or white lines or no-overtaking lines. Making a U-turn at a road segment prohibiting left turn. Not surrounding a roundabout to make a U-turn in such an intersection.
When there is no sign directly stating it is illegal to make a U-turn, California Vehicle Code 21451 says drivers can make a legal U-turn, turn left or right, or proceed straight at an ...
Right of way at marked and unmarked intersections under various conditions. Observing and interpreting traffic signs (especially warning, priority or prohibitory traffic signs) Keeping to right side (or left side) except to pass others, where passing is allowed. Direction of travel and turning (one way, do not enter, no U-turn, etc.)
The anti-gay signs first put up in the 1990s read 'No U-turn' to discourage men from cruising in the Silver Lake neighborhood. Now locals celebrate it's removal.
See three-way junction 5-1-1 A transportation and traffic information telephone hotline in some regions of the United States and Canada that was initially designated for road weather information. A Access road See frontage road Advisory speed limit A speed recommendation by a governing body. All-way stop or four-way stop An intersection system where traffic approaching it from all directions ...
Overtaking is prohibited either for all vehicles or for certain kinds of vehicles only (e.g. lorries, motorcycles). In the USA, this is usually phrased as "no passing zone" and indicated by a rectangular, black-on-white sign on the right side of the road that says "DO NOT PASS", and/or by a solid yellow line painted on the roadway marking the left limit of traffic (centerline), and sometimes ...
The basic manoeuvre consists of driving across the road turning towards the offside kerb, reversing across the road to the original nearside kerb while turning, and driving forward towards the original offside kerb, now the nearside. [2] In a narrow road or with a longer vehicle, more than three legs may be required to achieve a full 180 degree ...