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2021 Iowa Code
Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
Section 321.258 - Arrangement of lights on official traffic-control signals.

Universal Citation:
IA Code § 321.258 (2021)
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321.258 Arrangement of lights on official traffic-control signals.

1. Colored lights placed on a vertical official traffic-control signal face shall be arranged from the top to the bottom in the following order when used:

a. Circular red.

b. Steady or flashing left-turn red arrow.

c. Steady or flashing right-turn red arrow.

d. Circular yellow.

e. Circular green.

f. Straight-through green arrow.

g. Steady left-turn yellow arrow.

h. Flashing left-turn yellow arrow.

i. Left-turn green arrow.

j. Steady right-turn yellow arrow.

k. Flashing right-turn yellow arrow.

l. Right-turn green arrow.

2. Colored lights placed on a horizontal official traffic-control signal face shall be arranged from the left to the right in the following order when used:

a. Circular red.

b. Steady or flashing left-turn red arrow.

c. Steady or flashing right-turn red arrow.

d. Circular yellow.

e. Steady left-turn yellow arrow.

f. Flashing left-turn yellow arrow.

g. Left-turn green arrow.

h. Circular green.

i. Straight-through green arrow.

j. Steady right-turn yellow arrow.

k. Flashing right-turn yellow arrow.

l. Right-turn green arrow.

[C79, 81, §321.258]

2014 Acts, ch 1026, §77; 2014 Acts, ch 1123, §17; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §147, 148

Subsection 1, paragraphs b and c amended

Subsection 2, paragraphs b and c amended

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