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39:4-123 - Right and left hand turns

39:4-123.  Right and left hand turns    Except as otherwise provided in this article, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:

    (a) 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.

    (b) 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 center line thereof and by passing to the right of such  center line 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 center line 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.

    (c) 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.
 
PLEASE PHOTOCOPY INSERTION  AT PAGE 277 OF N.J.S.A. 39:4 to 39:6 COPYRIGHT 2002 BY WEST GROUP

     Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 91, s. 65.
 

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