(A) Required position and method of turning at intersections. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows.
(1) Both the approach to a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(2) Approach for a left turn from a two-way street into a two-way street shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the roadway being entered.
(3) Approach for a left turn from a two-way street into a one-way street shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and be passing to the right of the center line where it enters the intersection. A left turn from a one-way street shall be made by entering the intersection as close as practical to the left curb or edge of the roadway by which the intersection is entered and by passing to the right of the center line of the street being entered upon leaving the intersection.
(4) Where both streets or roadways are one way, both the approach for a left turn and a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the left hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(5) The City Council in cooperation with the Police Department may cause markers, buttons or signs to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this chapter be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when markers, buttons or signs are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at an intersection other than as directed and required by those markers, buttons or signs.
(B) Starting parked vehicle. No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless and, until the movement can be made with safety.
(C) Turning movements and required signals.
(1) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in division (A) above, or turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until the movement can be made with safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided in the event any other traffic may be affected by that movement.
(2) A signal of intention to turn right or left when required shall be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning.
(3) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give the signal.
(D) Signals by hand and arm or signal device. Any stop or turn signal when required herein shall be given either by means of the hand and arm or by a signal lamp or lamps or mechanical signal device of a type approved by the Texas Department of Public Safety, but when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand and arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of the vehicle then the signals must be given by such a lamp or lamps or signal device.
(E) Method of giving hand-and-arm signals.
(1) All signals herein required given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and those signals shall indicate as follows:
(a) Left turn: hand and arm extended horizontally;
(b) Right turn: hand and arm extended upward; and
(c) Stop or decreased speed: hand and arm extended downward.
(2) The signals herein required shall be given either by means of the hand and arm, or by a signal lamp or signal device approved by the department.
(F) Limitations on turning around. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction unless the movement can be made in safety and without backing or otherwise interfering with other traffic. A complete turn shall not be made at the intersection of any street, avenue or other public way.
(G) Emerging from alley or private driveway. The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley, driveway or building shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending across any alleyway.
(H) Vehicles shall not be driven on the sidewalk. The operator of a vehicle shall not drive or park the vehicle within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or temporary driveway.
(Ord. 64-12, passed 12-21-1964) Penalty, see § 70.99