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TURNS
§ 76.020 POSITION OF VEHICLE; SAFETY.
   No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway, 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 the movement can be made with reasonable safety.
(1992 Code, § 40-166)
§ 76.021 RIGHT-TURNING VEHICLE REQUIRED TO KEEP RIGHT.
   Except as otherwise provided in § 76.024, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the right at an intersection or into any alley or driveway shall approach the intersection or alley or driveway in the lane for traffic nearest to the righthand side of the highway, and in turning shall keep as closely as practicable to the righthand curb or edge of the highway.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.119; 1992 Code, § 40-167) (Ord. 1991, passed 7-27-1959; Ord. 2423, passed 6-13-1966)
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-17
§ 76.022 TURNING LEFT.
   Except when otherwise directed by turning markers, the driver of a vehicle, including those driving bicycles or e-bicycles, 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 the vehicle. Whenever practicable, the left turn shall be made to the left of the center of the intersection and 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 the vehicle on the roadway being entered.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.119; 1992 Code, § 40-168) (Ord. 1991, passed 7-27-1959; Ord. 2423, passed 6-13-1966; Ord. 28-83, passed 5-2-1983; Ord. 66-19, passed 6-18-2019)
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-18
§ 76.023 LIMITATIONS ON TURNING AROUND.
   The driver of any vehicle shall not turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any one-way street, or upon any bridge or viaduct, or on any street in a business or commercial area, or at any intersection controlled by traffic control signals, and shall not upon any other street so turn a vehicle except at an intersection and unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 13.120; 1992 Code, § 40-169)
§ 76.024 AUTHORITY TO MODIFY METHOD OF TURNING; POSTING SIGNS.
   The city engineer may modify the method of turning at intersections provided by §§ 76.021 and 76.022 by clearly indicating by buttons, markers or other direction signs installed within an intersection the course to be followed by vehicles turning thereat. It shall be unlawful for any driver to fail to turn in a manner as so directed. No signs or buttons shall be placed upon any state highway without the approval of the state department of transportation. When an intersection is so constructed and laid out that different and clearly defined courses of travel are provided for vehicles turning to the left or right, as the case may be, it shall be lawful for any driver in making any turn to follow the course thereby indicated.
(1957 Rev. Ords., §§ 13.104, 13.119; 1992 Code, § 40-170) (Ord. 1991, passed 7-27-1959; Ord. 2423, passed 6-13-1966) Penalty, see § 10.999
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see SDCL 32-26-20
§ 76.025 PROHIBITED TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS.
   Except where permitted by signage approved by the city engineer, at any intersection where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals or by a police officer, or where warned by an official traffic control sign displaying the words “no U-turn,” or “no left turn” or “no right turn,” it shall be unlawful for the driver of the vehicle to turn the vehicle at the intersection in a complete circle, or so as to proceed in the opposite direction or to make a left turn or right turn as may be regulated by the sign.
(1957 Rev. Ords., §§ 13.104, 13.119; 1992 Code, § 40-171) (Ord. 1991, passed 7-27-1959; Ord. 2423, passed 6-13-1966; Ord. 131-95, passed 10-2-1995) Penalty, see § 10.999
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