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Codified Ordinances of Vienna, WV
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF VIENNA, WEST VIRGINIA
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
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PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING CODE
ARTICLE 339
Turning and Starting; Signals
 
339.01   Conformity with provisions required.
339.02   Right turns.
339.03   Left turns on two-way
339.04   Left turns on other than two-way roadways.
339.05   Specified turns at intersections.
339.06   "U" turns restricted.
339.07   Starting vehicle.
339.08   Signals before changing course, turning or stopping.
339.09   Signals to be given by hand and arm or signal device.
339.10   Hand and arm signals.
339.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Authority to regulate the turning of vehicles - see W. Va. Code 17C-2-8(a)(9)
Authority to specify different courses for turns - see W. Va. Code 17C-8-5
 
 
339.01 CONFORMITY WITH PROVISIONS REQUIRED.
   The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as provided in this article. (WVaC 17C-8-1)
339.02 RIGHT TURNS.
   Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(WVaC 17C-8-2)
339.03 LEFT TURNS ON TWO-WAY ROADWAYS.
   At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the centerline thereof and by passing to the right of such centerline where it enters the intersection and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the centerline of the roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the intersection.
(WVaC 17C-8-3)
339.04 LEFT TURNS ON OTHER THAN TWO-WAY ROADWAYS.
   At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.
(WVaC 17C-8-4)
339.05 SPECIFIED TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS.
   Council or other designated traffic authority 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 article 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 such markers, buttons or signs.
(WVaC 17C-8-5)
339.06 "U" TURNS RESTRICTED.
   (a)   No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction 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 500 feet.
(WVaC 17C-8-6)
   (b)   No vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed in the opposite direction within an intersection, or upon any street in a business district, or upon a freeway, expressway or controlled-access highway, or where authorized signs are erected to prohibit such movement, or at any other location unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety to other users of the street and without interfering with the safe operation of any traffic that may be affected by such movement.
339.07 STARTING VEHICLE.
   No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
(WVaC 17C-8-7)
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