Re: Nitpicky traffic law question: ATTN Jaybird
- From: "C. E. White" <cewhite3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:27:05 -0400
"Allen Seth Dunn" <i_6695@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is for jaybird, but anyone else can chime in if they'd like. When
coming out of a driveway onto a two-lane undivided road (one lane in
each direction with a double yellow line), is it technically illegal
for the driver coming out of the driveway to turn left and cross the
double yellow line, traffic permitting obviously?
No! Why would you think that it would be illegal? The double yellow line
means it is illegal to pass a vehicle going in the same direction as you
are, not that you cannot cross the center of the road when making a turn
from or to a side street or driveway. Where I live, if they don't want you
to make a turn across the centerline (i.e., a left turn), they post a sign,
or often, in front of private drives, the state/city will install a concrete
median (usually a low one, just enough to discourage people, without
presenting a significant collision hazard). I have one of these in front of
the driveway to my apartment complex. I can't turn left to leave the
complex, or left to enter it. It is a pain in the rear, but I suppose a
necessary one since the street is very busy, it is near a raised exit, it is
just before a curve, and there are multiple businesses across the street.
Ed
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