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(a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in proper position upon the roadway as required in Sections 339.02 to 339.05, 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. 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 such movement.
(b) 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.
(c) 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 such signal.
(WVaC 17C-8-8)
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, but when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that hand-and-arm signal would not be visible both to the front and rear of such vehicle then such signals must be given by such a lamp or lamps or signal device.
(WVaC 17C-8-9)
All signals herein required given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following manner and such signals shall indicate as follows:
(a) Left Turn: Hand and arm extended horizontally.
(b) Right Turn: Hand and arm extended upward.
(c) Stop or Decrease Speed: Hand and arm extended downward.
(WVaC 17C-8-10)
Whoever violates any provision of this article shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00); upon a second conviction within one year thereafter shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00); and upon a third or subsequent conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).