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ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 24

24 .         Right turns (two-way, single lanes)

        (1)         A driver who is about to make a right turn from a two-way carriageway (other than a multi-lane carriageway) at an intersection shall approach and enter the intersection —

            (a)         so that the vehicle is to the left of, parallel with, and as near as practicable to, the centre of the carriageway; or

            (b)         if the carriageway has a dividing line or median strip — so that the vehicle is to the left of, parallel to, and as near as practicable to, the dividing line or median strip.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

Example

Starting a right turn from a carriageway with a dividing line


        (2)         A driver making a right turn at an intersection where the carriageway being entered is a two-way carriageway shall make the turn —

            (a)         so that, wherever practicable, the vehicle passes to his or her right of the centre of the intersection; and

            (b)         so that the vehicle enters the carriageway to his or her left of the centre of the carriageway.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

        (3)         For the purposes of subregulation (2), a vehicle is deemed to enter a carriageway at the point where the front of the vehicle crosses the prolongation of the edge of the carriageway it is leaving.



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