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ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 27

27 .         Making a right turn (generally)

        (1)         Despite this Part, a driver who is about to make, or is making, a right turn at an intersection where markers, marks or signs are so placed as to indicate that a different course from that specified in this regulation is to be travelled, shall not turn the vehicle at the intersection otherwise than as indicated by the markers, marks or signs.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

Example

Making a right turn as indicated by road markings


        (2)         If there is no road marking indicating how the turn is required to be made, the driver shall make the turn so the vehicle passes as near as practicable to the right of the centre of the intersection.

        Points: 2         Modified penalty: 2 PU

Example

Making a right turn from a carriageway with no road marking indicating how to make the turn


        (3)         Despite this Part, a driver who is about to make, or is making, a right turn at an intersection where a member of the Police Force is controlling or directing traffic, shall make the turn before reaching the middle of the road into which he or she is turning by passing either to the front, or to the rear of, the member of the Police Force, as he or she may be directed.

        Points: 3         Modified penalty: 2 PU

        [Regulation 27 amended in Gazette 22 Dec 2006 p. 5819.]



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