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Vehicle Code - VEH
DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 2 - Traffic Signs, Signals, and Markings
ARTICLE 3 - Offenses Relating to Traffic Devices
Section 21454.
Universal Citation: CA Veh Code § 21454 (2020)
21454.
When lane use control signals are placed over individual lanes, those signals shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles as follows:
(a) Green indication: A driver may travel in any lane over which a green signal is shown.
(b) Steady yellow indication: A driver is thereby warned that a lane control change is being made.
(c) Steady red indication: A driver shall not enter or travel in any lane over which a red signal is shown.
(d) Flashing yellow indication: A driver may use the lane only for the purpose of making a left turn to or from the highway.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 413, Sec. 7.)
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