NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1191

SENATE BILL 1125

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-158 TO PERMIT RIGHT TURNS ON RED TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-158(c) is hereby amended and rewritten to read as follows:

"(c)       Except as hereinafter provided, no operator of a vehicle approaching an intersection, crosswalk, or other designated crossing at which a traffic light has been erected or installed on any highway or street on the State Highway System or on the municipal street system, shall enter the said intersection or crossing with the said vehicle while the traffic light is emitting a red light for the traffic moving on the street or highway in the direction that the said approaching vehicle is traveling. Any vehicle, after coming to a complete stop for a red light facing the vehicle, may make a right turn after yielding to pedestrians and other vehicles. The making of right turns on traffic signals emitting a red light may be prohibited by ordinance of the appropriate road governing body having jurisdiction over the street or highway, which ordinance shall be effective after the posting of a sign giving notice thereof. All such traffic lights emitting alternate red and green lights shall be so arranged and placed so that the red light shall appear on the top of the signaling unit and the green light shall appear at the bottom of the signaling unit."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of April, 1974.