GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-405
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE RULES FOR MAKING LEFT TURNS ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-153(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Left Turns. - The
driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any intersection shall
approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to
traffic moving in the direction of travel of such that vehicle,
and, after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to
leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such
the direction upon 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."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of August, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 11:25 a.m. this 18th day of August, 1997