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A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle before turning when the speed limit is forty-five miles per hour or less and a continuous signal during not less than the last three hundred feet when the speed limit is in excess of forty-five miles per hour. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.315]
No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing, or parked unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety.
It shall be unlawful to enter or exit from a vehicle on the side of said vehicle which is exposed to traffic, when such movement would interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
[Ref. Iowa Code §321.313]
1. The signals required under the provisions of this ordinance may be given either by means of the hand and arm as provided in Section 203 or by a mechanical or electrical directional signal device or light conforming to the provisions of this ordinance.
2. Directional signal devices shall be designed with a white, yellow or amber lamp or lamps to be displayed on the front of vehicles and with a lamp or lamps of red, yellow or amber to be displayed on the rear of vehicles. Such devices shall be capable of clearly indicating any intention to turn either to the right or to the left and shall be visible and understandable during both daylight and darkness from a distance of at least one hundred feet from the front and rear of a vehicle equipped therewith.
3. Whenever any vehicle or combination of vehicles is disabled or for other reason may present a vehicular traffic hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, overtaking or passing, the operator of such vehicles may display on such vehicle or combination of vehicles four directional signals of a type complying with the provisions of this ordinance relating to directional signal devices in simultaneous operation. ('91 Rev.; Ord. #4247, 8/18/97; ’99 Rev.) [Ref. Iowa Code §321.317]
All signals herein required which may be given by hand and arm shall, when so given, be given from the left side of a vehicle and the following manner and interpretation thereof is suggested:
1. Left Turn. Hand and arm extended horizontally.
2. Right Turn. Hand and arm extended upward.
3. Stop or Decrease of Speed. Hand and arm extended downward.
[Ref. Iowa Code §321.318]
When a vehicle is equipped with a directional signal device, such device shall at all times be maintained in good working condition. No directional signal device shall project a glaring or dazzling light. All directional signal devices shall be self- illuminated when in use while other lamps on the vehicle are lighted. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.317]
The Traffic Operations Department is hereby authorized to determine those intersections, as traffic conditions require, at which the drivers of vehicles shall not make a right or left turn. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of any day and at other hours, in which event the same shall be plainly indicated on signs. (Ord. #3256, 1/17/83; '91 Rev.)
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