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TURNING AND STARTING, SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING
Sections:
10.21.010 Starting parked vehicle.
10.21.020 When signal required.
10.21.030 Position and method of turning at intersections.
10.21.040 Signals by hand and arm or signal device.
10.21.050 Method of giving hand and arm signals.
10.21.060 Limitations on turning around.
10.21.070 Obedience to turn prohibition signs.
10.21.080 Driving through private property or driveways.
10.21.010 Starting parked vehicle.
No person shall start or move a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked
unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety. Any person who violates
any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic offense. (Ord. O-75-96
§ 19, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.020 When signal required.
A. No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in
proper position upon the roadway as required in Section 10.21.030, or turn a
vehicle to enter a private road or driveway, or otherwise turn a vehicle from
a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement
can be made with reasonable safety and then only after giving an appropriate
signal in the manner provided in Sections 10.21.040 and 10.21.050.
B. A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given
continuously during at least the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle
before turning, except that such signal shall be given continuously for at least
two hundred feet on all highways where the prima facie speed limit is more than
forty miles per hour. Such signals shall be given regardless of existing weather
conditions.
C. No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without
first giving a signal in the manner provided in Sections 10.21.040 and 10.21.050
to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity
to give such signal.
D. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 20, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.030 Position and method of turning at intersections.
A. Except where official markers, buttons, or signs direct a different course,
the driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall so do as
follows:
1. Both the approach for a right turn and the right turn shall be made as close
as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
2. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn in
the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction
of travel of such vehicle. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made
to the left of the center of the intersection so as to leave the intersection
or other location in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic
moving in the same direction as such vehicle on the roadway being entered.
3. Where a special lane for making left turns by drivers proceeding in opposite
directions has been indicated by official traffic-control devices in the manner
prescribed in the State Traffic Control Manual, a left turn shall not be made
from any other lane, and the vehicle shall not be driven in said special lane
except when preparing for and making a left turn from or into the roadway or
when preparing for or making a U-turn when otherwise permitted by law.
B. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-77-86 § 16, 1977; Ord. O-75-96 § 21, 1975; Ord. O-74-44
§ 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.040 Signals by hand and arm or signal device.
A. Any stop or turn signal required by Section 10.21.020 shall be given either
by means of the hand and arm or by a signal light or signal device of a type
approved by the State Department of Revenue, except as otherwise provided in
subsection (B) of this section.
B. Any motor vehicle in use on a street in this municipality shall be equipped
with, and required signals shall be given by, signal lamps when the distance
from the center of the top of the steering post to the left outside of the body,
cab or load of such motor vehicle exceeds twenty-four inches, or when the distance
from the center of the top of the steering post to the rear limit of the body
or load thereof exceeds fourteen feet. The latter measurement shall apply to
any single vehicle, also to any combination of vehicles.
C. The signals provided for in subsection (B) of this section shall be used
to indicate an intention to turn, change lanes or start from a parked position
and shall not be flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled vehicle, or
flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles
approaching from the rear.
D. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 22, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.050 Method of giving hand and arm signals.
A. All signals herein required to be given by hand and arm shall be given by
the driver from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner, and such
signals shall indicate as follows:
1. Left turn: hand and arm fully extended horizontally;
2. Right turn: hand and arm fully extended upward;
3. Stop or decrease of speed: hand and arm fully extended downward.
B. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 23, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.060 Limitations on turning around.
A. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the
opposite direction upon any street or highway within this municipality, i.e.,
make a "U-turn," under any of the following conditions:
1. Upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade where
such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from
either direction within such distance as is necessary to avoid interfering with
or endangering approaching traffic;
2. At any place where official signs are erected prohibiting such movement.
B. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the
opposite direction upon any street or highway within this municipality, i.e.,
make a "U-turn," unless such movement can be made in safety and without
interfering with other traffic.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-77-86 § 17, 1977; Ord. O-75-96 § 24, 1975; Ord. O-74-44
§ 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.070 Obedience to turn prohibition signs.
Whenever official signs are erected prohibiting or restricting a right or left
turn, a "U-turn," or all turns, as authorized in Section 10.69.080
of this title, no driver shall disobey the directions of any such signs. Any
person who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 3 traffic
offense. (Ord. O-75-96 § 25, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
10.21.080 Driving through private property or driveways.
A. It is unlawful for any person to drive from a public street or public way
of this city over, across or through any private property or driveway to avoid
traffic-control signals, stop signs, or other traffic-control devices or as
a route or shortcut from one public street or public way to another. Any person
who violates any provision of this section commits a Class 4 traffic offense.
B. As used in subsection (A) of this section, "private property" includes
but is not limited to any property not dedicated as a public street or public
way, alley, right-of-way or easement.
C. It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of violation of subsection
(A) of this section that the person charged is the owner of the property or
driveway through or across which the motor vehicle is driven or of leasehold
or easement rights therein, or of the right to the possession or use thereof.
(Ord. O-75-96 § 26, 1975; Ord. O-74-44 § 1 (part), 1974).
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