Stating Off, Turning and Turning around vehicles

Section 50. A driver who starts off a vehicle shall, upon seeing that there is a parked vehicle or obstruction ahead, display hand and arm signals pursuant to Section 37 or light signals pursuant to Section 38 and shall proceed upon seeing that it is safe and he is not obstructing the traffic of other vehicles.

Section 51. In turning a vehicle, the following shall be observed:

(1) To turn left

(a) where no traffic lanes are arranged, the driver shall keep his vehicle close on the left-hand side of the roadway:

(b) where traffic lanes are arranged and there is an traffic sign directing a left turn, the driver shall enter the traffic lane for vehicles to make a left turn at not less distance than thirty meters before the turn-way;

(c) where a bus lane exists on the outermost left hand side of the roadway, the driver shall keep his vehicle close to the bus lane at not less distance than thirty meters before the turn-way and shall make a turn across the bus lane only at the area where there is a traffic sign permitting such turn.

(2) To turn right

(a) on a roadway with no traffic lane, the driver shall keep his vehicle close on the right-hand side of the middle line of the roadway at not less distance than thirty meters before the turn-way;

(b) on a roadway with two and more traffic lanes in one same direction, the driver shall keep the vehicle close to the outermost right-hand side of the roadway or in the traffic lane with a traffic sign permitting a right turn at not less distance than thirty meters before the turn-way;

(c) where a bus lane exists on the outermost right-hand side of the roadway, the driver shall keep his vehicle close to the bus lane at not less distance than thirty meters before the turn-way and shall make a turn across the bus lane only at the area where there is a traffic sign permitting such turn;

(d) where a traffic officer or competent officer is displaying traffic signs by hands and arms, the driver shall make a right turn without having to round the traffic officer or competent officer;

(e) At a junction the driver shall allow the vehicles that travel in the same roadway but in the opposite direction to pass through the junction first and, upon seeing that it is safe, may then make a right turn.

In the cases pursuant to (1) and (2) the driver shall be careful and shall stop his vehicle and let the pedestrians cross the way and the vehicles approaching a junction from other directions pass through first, except in case that there are vehicles waiting to take a left turn and a right turn at the same time which the vehicle to turn left shall give way to the vehicle to turn right to go first.

Section 52. In a roadway that permits vehicle traffic in both directions, no driver shall turn around his vehicle at the time when another vehicle is coming in the opposite direction or following behind at not less distance than one hundred and fifty meters. If the turning around of a vehicle in a roadway that permits vehicle traffic in both directions will obstruct the traffic, no driver shall turn around his vehicle in such roadway.

Section 53. No driver shall

(1) turn his vehicle or turn around his vehicle in the roadway with a sign prohibiting a right turn a left turn or a turning around of a vehicle;

(2) turn around his vehicle at a safety zone, critical area, on a bridge or within a distance of one hundred meters from a bridge foot;

(3) Turn his vehicle at a junction, unless there is a traffic sign permitting vehicles to turn around.

Date: 2016-01-03; view: 717