2019 Utah Code
Title 41 - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 6a - Traffic Code
Part 8 - Turning and Signaling for Turns
Section 801 - Turning -- Manner -- Traffic-control devices.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 41-6a-801 (2019)
Effective 5/12/2015
41-6a-801. Turning -- Manner -- Traffic-control devices.
The operator of a vehicle shall make turns as follows, and a violation of this section is an infraction:
  • (1) Right turns: both a right turn and an approach for a right turn shall be made as close as practical to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
  • (2) Left turns:
    • (a) the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left shall approach the turn from the extreme left-hand lane for traffic moving in the same direction;
    • (b) whenever practicable, shall be made by turning onto the roadway being entered in the extreme left-hand lane for traffic moving in the new direction, unless otherwise directed by a traffic-control device; and
    • (c) may be made on a highway across solid double yellow line pavement markings indicating a two-direction, no-passing zone.
  • (3) Two-way left turn lanes:
    • (a) where a two-way left turn lane is provided, a left turn may not be made from any other lane;
    • (b) a vehicle may not be driven in the two-way left turn lane except when preparing for or making:
      • (i) a left turn from or into the roadway; or
      • (ii) a U-turn except when prohibited by a traffic-control device;
    • (c)
      • (i) except as provided under Subsection (3)(c)(ii), the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left may not enter a two-way left turn lane more than 500 feet prior to making the turn;
      • (ii) if traffic in the two-way left turn lane extends beyond 500 feet, the operator of a vehicle intending to turn left may enter the two-way left turn lane immediately upon reaching the last vehicle in the two-way left turn lane;
    • (d) the operator of a vehicle that has turned left into the two-way left turn lane may not travel in the lane more than 500 feet unless the operator intends to turn left and Subsection (3)(c)(ii) applies; and
    • (e) the operator of a vehicle may not travel straight through an intersection in a two-way left turn lane.
  • (4)
    • (a) A highway authority in its jurisdiction may provide exceptions to the provisions of this section by erecting traffic-control devices directing a different course to be traveled by turning vehicles.
    • (b) The operator of a vehicle may not turn a vehicle in violation of a traffic-control device erected under Subsection (4)(a).


Amended by Chapter 412, 2015 General Session
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