NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1053

SENATE BILL 660

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH REGARD TO VEHICLES MAKING LEFT TURNS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-155(b) is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

"Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section and § 20-154, a vehicle making a left turn in front of an approaching vehicle does not have the right of way unless such movement can be completed with safety prior to the arrival of the approaching vehicle, and when the movement cannot be completed with safety, the driver of the vehicle making the left turn shall yield the right of way."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon the date of its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1967.