Section 1160. Required position and method of turning at intersections  


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  • The
      driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so  as
      follows:
        (a)  Right  turns. Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn
      shall be made as close as practicable to the right hand curb or edge  of
      the  roadway  or,  where  travel  on  the  shoulder  or  slope  has been
      authorized, from the shoulder or slope.
        (b) Left turns on two-way roadways. At any intersection where  traffic
      is  permitted  to  move  in both directions on each roadway entering the
      intersection, an approach for a left turn shall be made in that  portion
      of  the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof and by
      passing  to  the  right  of  such  center  line  where  it  enters   the
      intersection  and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be
      made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line  of
      the  roadway  being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be
      made in that portion of the intersection to the left of  the  center  of
      the intersection.
        (c)  Left  turns  on  other than two-way roadways. At any intersection
      where traffic is restricted to one direction  on  one  or  more  of  the
      roadways,  the  driver  of  a vehicle intending to turn left at any such
      intersection shall approach the intersection in  the  extreme  left-hand
      lane  of  the  roadway  lawfully  available  to  traffic  moving  in the
      direction of travel of such vehicle or, where travel on the shoulder  or
      slope  has  been  authorized,  from  the  shoulder  or  slope, and after
      entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so as to leave the
      intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand  lane  lawfully
      available  to  traffic  moving  in such direction upon the roadway being
      entered.
        (d) When markers, buttons, signs, or other markings are placed  within
      or  adjacent  to  intersections  and  thereby  require and direct that a
      different course from that specified in  this  section  be  traveled  by
      vehicles turning at an intersection, no driver of a vehicle shall turn a
      vehicle  at  an intersection other than as directed and required by such
      markers, buttons, signs, or other markings.
        (e) U-turns. U-turns shall be made from and to  that  portion  of  the
      highway  nearest  the  marked center line. Where more than one lane of a
      highway has been designated for left turns, U-turns shall be  made  only
      from the lane so designated that is adjacent to the marked center line.